2 Samuel 24:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So they went from the king's presence to number the Israelites.

Cross References

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, What are you doing?

1 Chronicles 21:4

But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but let the male babies live.

2 Samuel 24:3

And Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add a hundred times as many people as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

2 Samuel 24:5

They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the south side of the city lying in the midst of the ravine [of the Arnon] toward Gad, and on to Jazer.

Exodus 30:12

When you take the census of the Israelites, every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you number them, that no plague may fall upon them when you number them. [Rom. 8:1-4.]