2Sa 24:9 Cross References
2 Samuel 24:9
9: Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 men of military age in Israel and 500,000 in Judah.
Numbers 1:44
- These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.
- They were counted by families--all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
- The total number was 603,550.
1 Chronicles 21:5
- and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 men of military age in Israel, and 470,000 in Judah.
- But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
1 Chronicles 27:23
- When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the LORD had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven.
- Joab began the census but never finished it because the anger of God broke out against Israel. The final total was never recorded in King David's official records.