2 Samuel 24:4-6

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⁴ But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to take a census of the people of Israel. ⁵ They crossed the Jordan and began from^[a] Aroer and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.^{(A) 6} Then they came to Gilead and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites,^[b] and they came to Dan, and from Dan^[c] they went around to Sidon^(B)