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But Joab answered the king, “Your Majesty, may the Lord your God make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now, and may you live to see him do it. But why does Your Majesty want to do this?” But the king made Joab and his officers obey his order; they left his presence and went out to count the people of Israel.

They crossed the Jordan and camped south of Aroer, the city in the middle of the valley, in the territory of Gad.[a] From there they went north to Jazer,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:5 Probable text Aroer … Gad; Hebrew unclear.

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