II Samuel 24:9
The Scripture
(9) And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
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
I Chronicles 21:5I Chronicles 21:6I Chronicles 27:23I Chronicles 27:24
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