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1 Chronicles 27:24

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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.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 27:22

    Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

  2. 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.

  3. 1 Chronicles 27:25

    And 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:

  4. 1 Chronicles 27:26

    And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

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