²⁸ So Joab blew a trumpet; and all the people stood still and did not pursue Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore.

^16 (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; ^(B)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; ^17 (C)Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; ^[a]Seraiah was the ^[b]scribe; ^18 (D)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the ^(E)Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ^[c]chief ministers.

² So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, ^(A)from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that ^(B)I may know the number of the people.”