1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹  “Go, count the number of warriors ²  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ³ 

1 Chronicles 27:24

27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel ⁴  because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll ⁵  called The Annals of King David.

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¹ tn Or “people.”

² tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

³ tn Heb “their number.”

⁴ tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”

⁵ tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic – note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (bÿsefar, “in the scroll”).