23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.


In Context

20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

21 of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David;

25 And over the king's treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasuries in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:

1 Chronicles 27:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:23David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less, because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:23But David would not number them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.