1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it: all are the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? do it not, lest it become a sin to Israel.
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Genesis 20:9And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him, What is this that thou hast done to us? Have we sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done to me a deed, which no one ought to do.
Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought upon them a great sin?
Deuteronomy 1:11The Lord God of your fathers + 1:11 Or, increase you.add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.
1 Samuel 2:24Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for + 2:24 Or, the reports which I hear of the people not serving, etc. Comp. 1 Chr. 13. 4.the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.
2 Kings 12:7And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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 →