1 Chronicles 27:23

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David did not take a count of those twenty years old and younger, because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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  • Gen 15:5 : 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  • Num 1:18 : 18 and they assembled the entire community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their lineage by their clans and ancestral houses, counting the names of those twenty years old or older, individually,
  • 1 Chr 21:2-5 : 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go and count the people of Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and report back to me so that I may know their number." 3 But Joab replied, "May the LORD multiply His people a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of yours? Why does my lord require this? Why should it bring guilt upon Israel?" 4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and traveled throughout all Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem. 5 Joab presented the results of the census to David: There were in Israel 1,100,000 warriors who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.

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  • 1 Chr 27:24
    81%

    24Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish. Wrath came on Israel because of this census, and the number was not recorded in the chronicles of King David.

  • 1 Chr 23:27
    78%

    27According to the last instructions of David, the number of the Levites was from twenty years old and upward.

  • 1 Chr 21:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go and count the people of Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and report back to me so that I may know their number."

    3But Joab replied, "May the LORD multiply His people a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of yours? Why does my lord require this? Why should it bring guilt upon Israel?"

  • Num 1:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Take a census of the entire community of the Israelites, by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of all the males, head by head.

    3You must count all those who are twenty years old or older, who are able to serve in the army of Israel, division by division—you and Aaron together.

  • 2 Sam 24:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1Again the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He incited David against them, saying, "Go, count the people of Israel and Judah."

    2So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army who was with him, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and enroll the people, so that I may know how many there are."

    3But Joab said to the king, "May the Lord your God multiply the people a hundredfold while the eyes of my lord the king still see it. But why does my lord the king want to do this thing?"

    4Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

  • Num 26:2
    73%

    2“Take a census of the entire assembly of the Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, according to their ancestral families, all who are able to serve in Israel’s army.

  • Num 1:45
    73%

    45So all the Israelites who were twenty years old or older and able to serve in the army were counted according to their ancestral houses.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    72%

    15So Ahab mustered the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were two hundred thirty-two of them. After them, he assembled all the people of Israel—seven thousand in total.

  • Num 26:4
    72%

    4‘Count all men twenty years old and above, as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who had come out of the land of Egypt.’

  • Num 2:33
    72%

    33The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Num 26:62
    71%

    62The total number of the Levites registered, all the males a month old or older, was 23,000. They were not counted among the Israelites because they were not given an inheritance among them.

  • Num 1:38
    71%

    38The descendants of Dan were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, counting the names of all the males twenty years old or older, all able to serve in the army.

  • 1 Chr 21:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Joab presented the results of the census to David: There were in Israel 1,100,000 warriors who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.

    6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

  • Num 1:26
    71%

    26The descendants of Judah were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    70%

    1David mustered the people who were with him and appointed commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    70%

    1David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in number.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    70%

    23These are the numbers of men equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had spoken.

  • Neh 9:23
    70%

    23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    69%

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • Deut 1:10
    69%

    10The LORD your God has multiplied you, and now you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

  • Jer 33:22
    69%

    22Just as the stars in the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me.

  • Num 2:23
    69%

    23The army of his division numbers 35,400.

  • Num 1:47
    69%

    47However, the Levites, by their ancestral tribe, were not included in the census among them.

  • Num 1:32
    69%

    32The descendants of Joseph, specifically the tribe of Ephraim, were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

  • Deut 10:22
    69%

    22Your ancestors went down to Egypt with seventy people, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

  • Num 1:30
    69%

    30The descendants of Zebulun were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

  • 1 Chr 23:3
    69%

    3The Levites, thirty years old and older, were counted by their heads, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

  • Num 1:49
    69%

    49Do not include the tribe of Levi or take a census of them among the Israelites.

  • 2 Sam 24:9-10
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    69%

    9Joab reported the number of the people to the king: Israel had eight hundred thousand able men who could handle a sword, and Judah had five hundred thousand.

    10David's heart was troubled after he had numbered the people. He said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, please take away the guilt of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."

  • 1 Chr 27:22
    68%

    22Over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

  • Num 1:24
    68%

    24The descendants of Gad were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    68%

    7There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
    68%

    27The Israelites were also mustered and supplied with provisions. They went out to meet the Arameans and camped opposite them, appearing like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

  • 1 Chr 27:1
    68%

    1The sons of Israel were counted by their numbers, the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions, those who came in and went out month by month for all the months of the year. Each division had twenty-four thousand men.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    68%

    17David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, let Your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on Your people."

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    68%

    24These were the sons of Levi by their families, the heads of the fathers' households, listed by name, individually numbered, who were doing the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and older.

  • Num 32:11
    68%

    11'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • Num 2:21
    68%

    21The army of his division numbers 32,200.

  • Num 1:28
    68%

    28The descendants of Issachar were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

  • Deut 28:62
    68%

    62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.