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1 Chronicles 20
⁶ Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
⁷ So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
⁸ These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 21
¹ Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
² So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, "Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it."
³ And Joab answered, "May the Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?"
⁴ Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
⁵ Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.
⁶ But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
⁷ And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.
⁸ So David said to God, "I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing; but now, I pray, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly."