Blessings folk!

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel.
God’s anger incited David against Israel…he decided to number (count) Israel.
Joab and the military commanders knew it was wrong.
Joab questioned.
David stood fast.
The military went forth to number (some translations say “muster&rdquo the people.

The account continues…

2 Sa 24:5-9

They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer,
on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad and toward Jazer.

Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi,
and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites,
and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.

So when they had gone about through the whole land,
they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king;
and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword,
and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

This was a time-consuming, meticulously planned event.
It took 9 month and 20 days… 290 days.
Are the number of days significant?
Yes.
I believe all that the Lord has given us in His Word is significant.
Do I know what the significance is?
Not at the moment…

We see the staging areas.
They went forth and counted the men.

The outcome?
There were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword in Israel.
There were 500,000 in Judah.
Interesting in that Israel consisted of ten tribes while Judah consisted of two…

King David received the information.
His response?
We will see tomorrow.
As we have previously preemptively stated, it is not good…

…to be continued..

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