Rotherham(i)
2 The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him––Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer –sheba, and number ye the people,––so shall I know the sum of the people.
3 Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?
4 Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,––so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people––Israel.