2 Samuel 24:3-5

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³ But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God give you 100 times as many people, no matter how many there are! And may your eyes see this thing happen. But why do you want to do this?”

⁴ King David strongly commanded Joab and the other captains of the army to count the people. So they went out from the king to count the people of Israel. ⁵ After they crossed over the Jordan River, they made their camp in Aroer on the right side of the city. (The city is in the middle of the valley of Gad, on the way to Jazer.)