1 Chronicles 21:2 meaning and explanation
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
1 Chronicles 21:2, Berean Standard Bible
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David, king of a united Israel, orders Joab and the army commanders to count the fighting men from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north, the traditional way of naming the whole land. The Chronicler has just said that Satan incited David to this census, while the parallel account in 2 Samuel 24 says the LORD moved him.
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