2 Samuel 24:4

Modern English Version

However, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from before the king to register the people of Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:3

Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, in the sight of my lord the king; but why does my lord the king so desire this thing?”

2 Samuel 24:5

They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the city, in the middle of the ravine of Gad toward Jazer.

1 Chronicles 21:4

Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, so Joab departed and went throughout all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 1:17

However, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but kept the male children alive.

Exodus 30:12

When you take the census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague among them when you number them.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of the king is powerful, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.