1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab says, “YHWH adds to His people as they are one hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them for servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?”
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Genesis 20:9and Abimelech calls for Abraham and says to him, “What have you done to us? And what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Works which are not done you have done with me.”
Exodus 32:21And Moses says to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, that you have brought in a great sin on it?”
Deuteronomy 1:11YHWH, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as you [are], one thousand times, and blesses you as He has spoken to you.
1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good, causing the people of YHWH to transgress.
2 Kings 12:7and King Jehoash calls to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and says to them, “Why are you not strengthening the breach of the house? And now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but give it for the breach of the house.”
Psalms 115:14YHWH adds to you—to you and to your sons.
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 →