David commanded that the soldiers be counted

21 Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel were able to be in the army.

2 So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel who are able to be in the army. Start at Beersheba town in the south and go all the way to Dan city in the north. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”

3 But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause all the people of Israel to be guilty of sinning.”

4 But David would not change his mind. So Joab and his soldiers went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem, 5 and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah. 6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.