2 Samuel 24:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:17 : 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
  • 1 Chr 21:4 : 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

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  • 1 Chr 21:1-7
    7 verses
    86%

    1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

    2 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.

    3 And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

    4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

    5 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

    6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

    7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

  • 2 Sam 24:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

    2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.

    3 And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

  • 1 Chr 27:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23 But 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.

    24 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.

  • 2 Sam 24:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

    10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 2 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

    2 And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    74%

    6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 27:1
    72%

    1 Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every course were twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    72%

    8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    71%

    34 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 20:24
    71%

    24 And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;

  • Num 2:23
    71%

    23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    71%

    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    71%

    24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    71%

    28 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2 And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    70%

    15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom

  • 2 Sam 18:4
    70%

    4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

  • 1 Chr 18:15
    70%

    15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    70%

    1 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    70%

    23 And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    70%

    5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    70%

    14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
    70%

    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    70%

    7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, [to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    70%

    18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
    70%

    6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    70%

    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    70%

    1 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

  • Num 26:4
    69%

    4 [ Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    69%

    23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    69%

    4 And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    69%

    15 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

  • Num 1:3
    69%

    3 from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    69%

    24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    69%

    4 Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

  • 2 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19 And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    69%

    10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

  • 2 Sam 18:16
    69%

    16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    69%

    1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

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