2 Samuel 24:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to take a census of the people of Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God increase the number of the people a hundredfold while the eyes of my lord the king can still see it! But why does my lord the king want to do this?”

2 Samuel 24:5

They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.

1 Chronicles 21:4

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

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Exodus 30:12

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, at registration all of them shall give a ransom for their lives to the Lord, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

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

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.