2 Samuel 24:9-11
1599 Geneva Bible
9 ¶ And Joab delivered the number and sum of the people unto the King: and there were in Israel [a]eight hundred thousand strong men that drew swords, and the men of Judah were [b]five hundred thousand men.
10 Then David’s heart smote him, after that he had numbered the people: and David said unto the Lord, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done: therefore now, Lord, I beseech thee, take away the trespass of thy servant: for I have done very foolishly.
11 ¶ And when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the Prophet Gad David’s [c]Seer, saying,
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- 2 Samuel 24:9 According to Joab’s count: for in all there were eleven hundred thousand, 1 Chron. 21:5.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 Concluding under them the Benjamites: for else they had but four hundred and seventy thousand, 1 Chron. 21:5.
- 2 Samuel 24:11 Whom God had appointed for David and his time.
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