2 Samuel 24:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 number the people of Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”

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, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

Exodus 30:12

“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

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

Acts 5:29

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