1 Chronicles 27:23LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 23 of 34
"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."
In context
21Of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These the princes of the tribes of Israel.
23But 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.
24Joab 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.
25And over the king's treasures Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: