2 Samuel 24:4

New Century Version

But the king commanded Joab and the commanders of the army, so they left the king to count the Israelites.

Cross References

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God, not human authority!

Ecclesiastes 8:4

What the king says is law; no one tells him what to do.

1 Chronicles 21:4

But the king commanded Joab, so Joab left and went through all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 1:17

But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live.

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God give you a hundred times more people, and may my master the king live to see this happen. Why do you want to do this?”

2 Samuel 24:5

After crossing the Jordan River, they camped near Aroer on the south side of the city in the ravine. They went through Gad and on to Jazer.

Exodus 30:12

“When you count the people of Israel, every person must buy back his life from the Lord so that no terrible things will happen to the people when you number them.