1 Chronicles 7:40

All of these were men of Asher, leaders of ancestral households, choice valiant mighty warriors, and chiefs among princes. Their enrolled genealogies for battle conscription totaled 26,000 men.

2 Samuel 24:1-9

Later, God's anger blazed forth against Israel, so he incited David to move against them by telling him, "Go take a census of Israel and Judah."

1 Chronicles 21:1-5

David said, "This is where the LORD God's Temple will be, along with the altar of burnt offerings for Israel."

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Summary

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

Bible References

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1 Chronicles 21:1
Then Satan attacked Israel by inciting David to enumerate a census of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:1
Later, God's anger blazed forth against Israel, so he incited David to move against them by telling him, "Go take a census of Israel and Judah."

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