1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?”
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Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”
Exodus 32:21And he said to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, so that you would bring upon them the greatest sin?”
Deuteronomy 1:11May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
1 Samuel 2:24My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.
2 Kings 12:7And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:2-7
The Giants Subdued. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →