2 Samuel 24:1 meaning and explanation

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2 Samuel 24:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator opens 2 Samuel's final chapter by noting that the LORD's anger was already burning against Israel, though the cause is not stated. God then stirred up David to order a census of Israel and Judah.

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