1 Chronicles 21:8
David said to God, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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7God was offended by this action, so he attacked Israel.
9Yahweh told Gad, David's prophet,
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:13Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God that he gave you. For then Yahweh would have established your rule over Israel forever.
2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan replied to David, “Yahweh also has passed over your sin. You will not be killed.
2 Samuel 24:10Then David's heart afflicted him after he had counted the men. So he said to Yahweh, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now, Yahweh, take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, Yahweh, 1 pardon my sin, for it is great. 1
Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, God, because of your covenant faithfulness; 1 for the sake of the multitude of your merciful actions, blot out my transgressions. 1
Hosea 14:2Take with you words and return to Yahweh. 1 Say to him, “Take away all our iniquity 1 and accept what is good, 1 so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips. + 14:2 The phrase so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips represents the interpretation of some ancient versions. The Hebrew text has so that we may offer bulls, our lips . Some modern versions interpret this to mean, so that we may offer to you bulls, which we have promised to do . 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:8-18
David's Numbering the People. ( b. c. 1017.) 7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord , I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him,… Read the whole commentary →