not the number. Only the fighting men. See 1 Chronicles 21:5 and 2 Samuel 24:9.
the stars of the heavens. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. See note on Genesis 15:5.
not the number. Only the fighting men. See 1 Chronicles 21:5 and 2 Samuel 24:9.
the stars of the heavens. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. See note on Genesis 15:5.
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 the heavens.