2 Samuel 24:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add a hundred times as many people as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage; let us play the man for our people and the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what seems good to Him.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So they went from the king's presence to number the Israelites.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children.

Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a lack of people is the prince's ruin.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and tremble with joy [at the glorious deliverance] and be enlarged; because the abundant wealth of the [Dead] Sea shall be turned to you, unto you shall the nations come with their treasures. [Ps. 119:32.]

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you as He has promised you!