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Dan to Beersheba

This phrase uses two place names Dan, in the far north, and Beersheba, in the far south, to represent the entire country. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism)

count all the people ... fit for battle

This means to count all the men except those men who are either too young, too old, or physically unable to fight.