2 Samuel 24:1–9
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David Displeases the Lord by Taking a Census
24:1The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”124:2The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”
24:3Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”
24:4But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of2 Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.
24:5They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at3 the wadi of Gad, near Jazer. 24:6Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.424:7Then they went to the fortress of Tyre5 and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba. 24:8They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.6
24:9Joab reported the number of warriors7 to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.
Footnotes
- 1 The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at .
- 2 Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”
- 3 Heb “in the middle of.”
- 4 For location see ; ; .
- 5 For location see ; ; ; ; .
- 6 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
- 7 Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”
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