2 Samuel 24:1-3

New Life Version

David Numbers Israel and Judah

24 Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel. He moved David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” ² So the king said to Joab the captain of the army who was with him, “Go through all the families of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba. Number the people, so I may know how many there are.” ³ But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are. And may it be while the eyes of my lord the king still see. But why does my lord the king find this thing pleasing?”