² “Take a census^(A) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,^(B) listing every man by name,^(C) one by one.

² So the king said to Joab^(A) and the army commanders^[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and enroll^(C) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”