2Sa 24:1-9, 1Ch 21:1-5 | ESV | STEP | , Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he incited David against them, saying , Go , number Israel and Judah .

2 Samuel 24:1-9

David’s Census

1 ^a, ^bAgain the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ^c“Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, ^{▼▼Septuagint to Joab and the commanders of the army} who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, ^efrom Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3 But Joab said to the king, ^f“May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” 4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel. 5 They crossed the Jordan and began from ^gAroer, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew encamped in Aroer} and from the city that is in the middle of the ⁱvalley, toward Gad and on to ^jJazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew to the land of Tahtim-hodshi} and they came to Dan, and from Dan ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew they came to Dan-jaan and} they went around to ^mSidon, 7 and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the ⁿHivites and ^oCanaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men ^pwho drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.

1 Chronicles 21:1-5

David’s Census Brings Pestilence

1 ^qThen ^rSatan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.” 3 But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?” 4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were ^s1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah ^t470,000 who drew the sword.