David took not: It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable. from twenty: Num 1:18 he would increase: Gen 15:5, Heb 11:12 Reciprocal: Gen 13:16 - General Num 1:2 - Take ye the sum Deu 1:10 - your God 2Sa 24:1 - number 2Sa 24:9 - eight hundred thousand 1Ki 3:8 - cannot 1Ch 7:2 - whose number 1Ch 21:2 - bring 1Ch 21:5 - a thousand Neh 9:23 - multipliedst Psa 80:9 - and it