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1 Chronicles 27:24

American Standard Version

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

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1 Chronicles 27:24 in other translations

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

1 Chronicles 27:24 · World English Bible

1 Chronicles 27:24 in context

  1. 22of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
  2. 23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
  3. 24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
  4. 25And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
  5. 26and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: