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1 Chronicles 21:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.” "

1 Chronicles 21:2

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1 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

2 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”

3 Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 24:2

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"The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”"

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2 Samuel 24:4

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"Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel."

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1 Chronicles 27:24

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"Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of King David."

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1 Chronicles 13:2

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"David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of the LORD our God, let’s send word everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have pasture lands, that they may gather themselves to us."

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1 Samuel 11:8

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"He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand."

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2 Chronicles 2:17

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"Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred."

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1 Chronicles 21:1

"Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel."

1 Chronicles 21:3

"Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”"

1 Chronicles 21:4

"Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem."

1 Chronicles 21:5

"Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword."

1 Chronicles 21:6

"But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab."

1 Chronicles 21:7

"God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel."

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