1 Chronicles 21:4
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
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Numbering the people, one would think, was no bad thing. Why should not the shepherd know the number of his flock? But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great…
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cameto Jerusalem In 2Sa 24:4-8 the route is described and the time taken in the numbering is stated, nine months and twenty days.
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