2 Samuel 24:3-5

Living Bible

³ But Joab replied, “God grant that you will live to see the day when there will be a hundred times as many people in your kingdom as there are now! But you have no right to rejoice in their strength.”^[a]

⁴ But the king’s command overcame Joab’s remonstrance; so Joab and the other army officers went out to count the people of Israel. ⁵ First they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the city that lies in the middle of the valley of Gad, near Jazer;