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2 Samuel 24:3

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְיוֹסֵף יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל ־ הָעָם כָּהֵם ׀ וְכָהֵם מֵאָה פְעָמִים וְעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִֽי ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ רֹאוֹת וַאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ לָמָּה חָפֵץ בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ יוֹאָב ׀ שַׂר ־ הַחַיִל אֲשֶׁר ־ אִתּוֹ שֽׁוּט ־ נָא בְּכָל ־ שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִדָּן וְעַד ־ בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וּפִקְדוּ אֶת ־ הָעָם וְיָדַעְתִּי אֵת מִסְפַּר הָעָֽם ׃ ס

4וַיֶּחֱזַק דְּבַר ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ יוֹאָב וְעַל שָׂרֵי הֶחָיִל וַיֵּצֵא יוֹאָב וְשָׂרֵי הַחַיִל לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לִפְקֹד אֶת ־ הָעָם אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12חֲזַק וְנִתְחַזַּק בְּעַד ־ עַמֵּנוּ וּבְעַד עָרֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַֽיהוָה יַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינָֽיו ׃

Psalms 115:14יֹסֵף יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם עֲלֵיכֶם וְעַל ־ בְּנֵיכֶֽם ׃

Isaiah 60:5אָז תִּרְאִי וְנָהַרְתְּ וּפָחַד וְרָחַב לְבָבֵךְ כִּֽי ־ יֵהָפֵךְ עָלַיִךְ הֲמוֹן יָם חֵיל גּוֹיִם יָבֹאוּ לָֽךְ ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 24:2-10

The People Numbered. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord… Read the whole commentary →

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