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2 Samuel 24:3-5
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 24:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 Joab answered, “I hope the Lord your God will give you 100 times more soldiers than you already have. I hope you will live to see that day! But why do you want to do a thing like this?”
4 But when David refused to change his mind, Joab and the army officers went out and started counting the people. 5 They crossed the Jordan River and began with[a] Aroer and the town in the middle of the river valley. From there they went toward Gad and on as far as Jazer.
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- 24.5 began with: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; Hebrew “set up camp in.”
2 Samuel 24:3-5
New International Version
2 Samuel 24:3-5
New International Version
3 But Joab(A) replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over,(B) and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
5 After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer,(C) south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.(D)
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