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David orders the count.
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1 Chronicles 21:2

David orders the count

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Story guide: David commands Joab and the leaders to count Israel from south to north. Unspecified appearances and settings provide contextual imagery; Scripture remains the source.

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2Then David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me, so that I may know their number.”

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