1 Chronicles 27:23
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordBut 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.
— 1 Chronicles 27:23, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.