1 Chronicles 27:22-24

EasyEnglish Bible

Those were the officers who led the tribes of Israel.

²³ The Lord had promised to make Israel a nation with as many people as there are stars in the sky. So King David did not count the men who were less than 20 years old. ²⁴ Zeruiah's son Joab had begun to count the men. He did not finish counting them because the Lord started to punish Israel. So nobody wrote the number in the history book about King David's life.