II Samuel 24:2
The Scripture
(2) For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
David sinfully ordered a census of Israel and Judah, and as punishment the LORD sent a plague that killed seventy thousand men before David interceded. David then purchased Araunah's threshing floor, built an altar there, and offered sacrifices to stop the plague.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Samuel 2:13II Samuel 8:16II Samuel 20:23II Samuel 23:37I Chronicles 21:2II Samuel 3:10II Samuel 17:11Judges 20:1Deuteronomy 8:13Deuteronomy 8:14II Chronicles 32:25II Chronicles 32:26
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