2 Samuel 24:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, `from' before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:17 : 17 And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
  • 1 Chr 21:4 : 4 And the word of the king `is' severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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  • 1 Chr 21:1-7
    7 verses
    86%

    1And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,

    2And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'

    3And Joab saith, `Jehovah doth add to His people as they are a hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them to my lord for servants? why doth my lord seek this? why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?'

    4And the word of the king `is' severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

    5And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah `is' four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.

    6And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.

    7And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,

  • 2 Sam 24:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and `an adversary' moveth David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.'

    2And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that `is' with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.'

    3And Joab saith unto the king, `Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?'

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

    23And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.

    24Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.

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

    9and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

    10And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

  • 2 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And David inspecteth the people who `are' with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,

    2and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, `I certainly go out -- I also -- with you.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    74%

    6And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,

  • 1 Chr 27:1
    72%

    1And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- `are' in each course twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    72%

    8And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men,

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    71%

    34and after Ahithophel `is' Jehoiada son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the head of the host of the king `is' Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 20:24
    71%

    24`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

  • Num 2:23
    71%

    23and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    71%

    7and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host -- the mighty men.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    71%

    24for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and Jehovah hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments.

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    71%

    28And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    70%

    15and it cometh to pass, in David's being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he smiteth every male in Edom --

  • 2 Sam 18:4
    70%

    4And the king saith unto them, `That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,

  • 1 Chr 18:15
    70%

    15and Joab son of Zeruiah `is' over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud `is' remembrancer,

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    70%

    1And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    70%

    23And these `are' the numbers of the head, of the armed men of the host; they have come in unto David to Hebron to turn round the kingdom of Saul unto him, according to the mouth of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    70%

    5And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give `it' into the hand of the king.'

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    70%

    14And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who `are' with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;

  • 2 Sam 3:24
    70%

    24And Joab cometh unto the king, and saith, `What hast thou done? lo, Abner hath come unto thee! why `is' this -- thou hast sent him away, and he is really gone?

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    70%

    7and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim;

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    70%

    18And Joab sendeth and declareth to David all the matters of the war,

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
    70%

    6and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' and they say, `Go up, and the Lord doth give `it' into the hand of the king.'

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    70%

    1And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.

  • Num 26:4
    69%

    4`From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    69%

    23And Joab `is' over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada `is' over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    69%

    4And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand `are' men of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
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    15And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand,

  • Num 1:3
    69%

    3from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
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    24And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    69%

    4Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah `are' twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,

  • 2 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19And the king saith, `Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answereth and saith, `Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none `doth turn' to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    69%

    10And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

  • 2 Sam 18:16
    69%

    16And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    69%

    1And David consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader,