1 Chronicles 21:3
Joab said, “May Yahweh make his army a hundred times greater than it is. But my master the king, do they not all serve my master? Why does my master want this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”
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Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called for Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me that which ought not to be done.”
Exodus 32:21Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”
Deuteronomy 1:11May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear. You make Yahweh's people disobey.
2 Kings 12:7Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and for the other priests; he said to them, “Why have you not repaired anything in the temple? Now take no more money from your taxpayers, but take what has been collected for repairs of the temple and give it to those who can make the repairs.”
Psalms 115:14May Yahweh increase your numbers more and more, 1 yours and your descendants'. 1
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 →