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.
BSB
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
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.
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.