1 Chronicles 27:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But David did not number those under twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as the stars of the heavens.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

Common English Bible

²³ But David didn’t count those younger than 20 years of age, because the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But David was not willing to number them from twenty years old and under. For the Lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven.

1 Chronicles 27:23 Cross References

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Hebrews 11:12

wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea shore, innumerable.

Numbers 1:18

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

Genesis 22:17

that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Genesis 26:4

and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

2 Samuel 24:1

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.