BRAGADAYJAH 978
David ordered the People numbered
In furtherance of the point made previously, that all men need other men around them be they great or be they lowly, it should be noted here that besides the great men mentioned earlier there were many others, some thirty odd that helped David to wage war successfully notwithstanding God was with him; for God often performs through the instrumentality of earthly men. A case in point is the man Jesus, who in spite of his omnipotence, chose twelve disciples to work with Him. But it came to pass that the anger of the Lord was moved against Israel; and He moved David to command his officers to number Israel and Judah. So David told Joab the captain of the host which was with him “Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and number all the people that I may know the number of the people.” And Joab said unto the king, “Now the Lord thy God add unto the people how many so ever there are an hundred fold and that the eyes of my Lord the king may see it; but why does my Lord the king delight in this thing?” However, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel and Judah.
David ordered the People numbered
In furtherance of the point made previously, that all men need other men around them be they great or be they lowly, it should be noted here that besides the great men mentioned earlier there were many others, some thirty odd that helped David to wage war successfully notwithstanding God was with him; for God often performs through the instrumentality of earthly men. A case in point is the man Jesus, who in spite of his omnipotence, chose twelve disciples to work with Him. But it came to pass that the anger of the Lord was moved against Israel; and He moved David to command his officers to number Israel and Judah. So David told Joab the captain of the host which was with him “Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and number all the people that I may know the number of the people.” And Joab said unto the king, “Now the Lord thy God add unto the people how many so ever there are an hundred fold and that the eyes of my Lord the king may see it; but why does my Lord the king delight in this thing?” However, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel and Judah.
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