From the Blue Letter Bible

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Sa 24:9 — And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

eight hundred thousand		1Ch 21:5,6; 1Ch 27:23,24

Correlating Passages

eight hundred thousand

	1Ch 21:5	And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
	1Ch 21:6	But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
	1Ch 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.
	1Ch 27:24	Joab 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.

Return to Top

Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 24:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/24/9.html>.

Search the Bible

Search the BLB

Featured Items

Today's Items:

Items of Interest: