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1 Chronicles 27:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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.

1 Chronicles 27:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:24

Theological / Devotional

He finished not. See ch. 21:6.

There fell wrath. See ch. 21:7–15.

Neither was the number. The number was not inserted in the official state archives of David’s reign. This does not mean that it was not preserved elsewhere. The figures are found in 1 Chron. 21:5.

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