Discovery Box1 Chronicles 21:2 
Context21:2 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
Context27:24 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.
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”).
