1 Chronicles 27:23 Cross References - ISV

²³ David did not complete a census of those younger than 20 years of age, since the LORD had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.

⁵ Then the LORD took him outside. “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!” he said. “Your descendants will be that numerous.”

¹⁸ They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men 20 years old and above individually,

² David ordered Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go take a census of Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report so I can be aware of the total number.”
³ But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the population of his people a hundredfold! Your majesty, all of them are your majesty’s servants, aren’t they? So why should your majesty demand this? Why should he bring guilt to Israel?”
⁴ But the king’s order overruled Joab, so Joab left, traveled throughout all of Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem ⁵ to report the total population count to David. Throughout all of Israel there were 1,100,000 men trained for war. In Judah there were 470,000 men trained for war.

¹² Abraham was as good as dead, yet from this one man came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.