5 Bible Verses about Counting Soldiers

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1 Chronicles 21:2

And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know the sum of them.

Numbers 31:49

And they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.

1 Samuel 14:17

Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who has gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

2 Samuel 18:1

And David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

1 Chronicles 12:23-37

And these are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of LORD. The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.read more.
Of the sons of Levi four thousand and six hundred. And Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron. And with him were three thousand and seven hundred, and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains. And of the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand, for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses. And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. And of the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their commandment. Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart. And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear. And of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred. And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand. And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

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