They counted Judah’s family group. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups.
Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan died while still in Canaan.) Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
Joab gave the list of the people to the king. There were 800,000 men in Israel that could use the sword. And there were 500,000 men in Judah.
No, God chose Judah’s family group.\par God chose Zion, the mountain\par he loves.\par
The total number of men counted from Gad’s family group was 45,650.
The total number of men counted from Judah’s family group was 74,600.
Abraham {\cf2\super [3]} was the father of Isaac.\par Isaac was the father of Jacob.\par Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.\par