1 Chronicles 27:23
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.In other versions
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
ASV
But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.
BBE
And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.
DBY
But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
WEB
And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.
YLT
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.
ENG
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.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
21Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
23But 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.
24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
25And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
Cross-references
People in this verse
- David