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1 Chronicles 21:3

King James Version (KJV)

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And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an 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?

1 Chronicles 21:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 21:3

Theological / Devotional

Joab answered. Hardened warrior though he was, Joab saw no light in David’s attempt to number Israel, and registered his protest against the plan.

Cause of trespass. In Samuel, Joab’s protestation is reported thus: “Why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?” (2 Samuel 24:3). In his remonstrance with the king, Joab was endeavoring by a series of questions to cause David to see the folly of his course and the evil it would bring.

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