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But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
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Verse 23. Heaven. It would have seemed, therefore, as if David distrusted the divine promise, ( Bible.) and attempted what was impossible (Grot.) or useless. Calmet.—He had before offended, and hence would now only number those who were wanted. Worthington.
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