But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundredfold! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
1 Chronicles 21:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. Common English Bible But the king overruled Joab, who left and traveled throughout all Israel. When he returned to Jerusalem, Catholic Public Domain Version But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. |
But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundredfold! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
Joab gave the total count of the people to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and in Judah four hundred seventy thousand who drew the sword.
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
For the word of the king is powerful, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.