1st Chronicles Chapter 21 verse 2 Holy Bible
And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
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And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.
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And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
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And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
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And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
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David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
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And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And to the rulers of the people. So Numbers 1:4, "And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers" (see also 1 Chronicles 27:22-24; 2 Samuel 24:4, 5).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And to the rulers (captains) of the people.--Omitted in Samuel, which reads, "Joab, the captain of the host, who was with him." The "captains of the host" are, however, associated in the work of the census with Joab (2Samuel 24:4). The fact that Joab and his staff were deputed to take the census seems to prove that it was of a military character.Go.--Plural.Number.--Enrol, or register (sifr-). A different word (m?n?h) is used in 1Chronicles 21:1, and in the parallel place. Samuel has, "Run over, I pray, all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba," using the very word (sh-t) which, in the prologue of Job (1Chronicles 1:7; 1Chronicles 2:2) Satan uses of his own wanderings over the earth.From Beersheba even to Dan.--As if the party were to proceed from south to north. (See 1Chronicles 21:4.) The reverse order is usual. (See Judges 20:1; 1Samuel 3:20.) . . .
