1 Chronicles 21:2
So David told Joab and the army commanders, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so I can have a total number.”
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1Satan interfered to cause trouble for Israel. He provoked David to do a census of Israel.
Cross References
Judges 20:1All the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, went and gathered at Mizpah before the Lord. The assembly was united in purpose.
2 Samuel 3:10I will hand over the kingdom from Saul's dynasty, and help set up David's rule over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
2 Samuel 24:2So David told Joab, the army commander, “Go and count the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, so I can have a total number.”
1 Kings 4:25During Solomon's lifetime, everyone in Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan to Beersheba. Each one had their own vine and fig tree.
2 Chronicles 30:5So they decided to send an announcement to everyone in Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, inviting people to come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem, for many had not done as the Law required.
Proverbs 29:23If you're proud, you'll be humiliated; but if you're humble, you'll be honored.
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 →