1 Chronicles 27:23

Translations

Modern

David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Traditional

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

Literal

David did not take their number from a son of twenty years and under, because YHWH had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

Latin

Noluit autem David numerare eos a viginti annis inferius: quia dixerat Dominus ut multiplicaret Israël quasi stellas cæli.

Original

Hebrew

English

David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Notes

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David

Related verses

Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Hebrews 11:12
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Numbers 1:18
…and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
1 Chronicles 21:2–5
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Census Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Genealogy

Topics

Israel: Number of, when David Counted Joab: Son of David's Sister: Numbers the People Rulers: Wicked: David, Numbering Israel and Judah

1 Chronicles 27:23

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