2 Samuel 24:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:17 : 17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
  • 1 Chr 21:4 : 4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 21:1-7
    7 verses
    86%

    1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.

    2 And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

    3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

    5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

    6 But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

    7 And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

  • 2 Sam 24:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

    2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

    3 And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

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

    23 But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.

    24 The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.

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

    9 And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

    10 And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

  • 2 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

    2 And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    74%

    6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

  • 1 Chr 27:1
    72%

    1 Now the number of the children of Israel, that is, the heads of families, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the men in authority who were servants of the king in anything to do with the divisions which came in and went out month by month through all the months of the year, in every division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    72%

    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    71%

    34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 20:24
    71%

    24 This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;

  • Num 2:23
    71%

    23 The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    71%

    7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    71%

    24 For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    71%

    28 So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    70%

    15 And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

  • 2 Sam 18:4
    70%

    4 And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

  • 1 Chr 18:15
    70%

    15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    70%

    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    70%

    23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    70%

    5 So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    70%

    14 So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
    70%

    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    70%

    7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    70%

    18 Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
    70%

    6 So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    70%

    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    70%

    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

  • Num 26:4
    69%

    4 Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    69%

    23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    69%

    15 Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

  • Num 1:3
    69%

    3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    69%

    24 But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    69%

    4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

  • 2 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    69%

    10 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

  • 2 Sam 18:16
    69%

    16 And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    69%

    1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.