2 Samuel 24:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, ‘Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba and register the troops so I can know their number.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For the king said to Joab the captain of the host who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know their number.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

² So the king said to Joab and the military commanders who were with him, “Go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and take a census of the people so I know how many people there are.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the king said to Joab, the leader of his army, "Travel through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, so that I may know their number."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And the king said to Joab the general of his army: Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and number ye the people that I may know the number of them.

2 Samuel 24:2 Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

2 Samuel 17:11

Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba #– #as numerous as the sand by the sea   #– #be gathered to you and that you personally go into battle.

2 Samuel 2:13

So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon.  The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

2 Samuel 20:23

Joab commanded the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:37

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armour-bearer for Joab son of Zeruiah,

2 Samuel 24:15

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men died.

2 Samuel 3:10

to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah  from Dan to Beer-sheba.’

2 Samuel 8:16

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

1 Chronicles 21:2

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, ‘Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.’

2 Chronicles 32:31

When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers  were sent  to him to enquire about the miraculous sign  that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honour.

Jeremiah 17:5

This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the  Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:7

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh  was given to me, a messenger of Satan  to torment me so that I would not exalt myself.

Judges 20:1

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba  and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.