70,000 dead!
“So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, ‘Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.'”
– 2 Samuel 24:2
It’s make or break. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3:22-23
[1.John 3:3] And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
[1.Kings 17:13, 14] And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
He sent a servant hundreds of miles! “You shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” – Genesis 24:4 (NKJV)
[2.Samuel 12:7] And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.
They weren’t able to function. “…the little foxes that spoil the vines.” – Song of Solomon 2:15 NKJV