27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel5 because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll6 called The Annals of King David.
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 (bésefar, “in the scroll”).