5 Bible Verses about Counting Soldiers

So David said to Joab and the leaders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me their total, so that I may know it.”

and they said to him, “Your servants have counted the warriors under our command, and not one man of us is missing.

Then Saul said to the people with him, “Take a count and see who has left us.” When they had taken a count, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were missing.

David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

These are the numbers of the [armed] units equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn [over] the kingdom of Saul to him, in accordance with the word of the Lord. Those of the tribe of Judah who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war; of the tribe of Simeon, brave warriors, 7,100; read more.
of the tribe of Levi, 4,600. Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron, and with him were 3,700, and Zadok, a courageous young man, and twenty-two captains from his father’s house. Of the tribe of Benjamin, the relatives of [King] Saul, 3,000; for until now the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. Of the tribe of Ephraim, 20,800, courageous men, famous in their fathers’ houses. Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king. Of the tribe of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, two hundred chiefs; and all their relatives were at their command; of the tribe of Zebulun, there were 50,000 in military service who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David, men with an undivided heart. Of the tribe of Naphtali, there were 1,000 captains, and with them 37,000 [of the rank and file armed] with shield and spear. Of the tribe of Dan, 28,600 men who could draw up in battle formation. Of the tribe of Asher, 40,000 men in military service, able to draw up in battle formation. From the other side [east] of the Jordan River, of [the tribes of] Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 120,000 men, armed with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle.