2 Samuel 24:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Joab said to the king: "May the Lord your God increase your people, who are already great in number, and may he again increase them, one hundredfold, in the sight of my lord the king. But what does my lord the king intend for himself by this kind of thing?"

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12

Be valiant men. And let us fight on behalf of our people and the city of our God. Then the Lord will do what is good in his own sight."

2 Samuel 24:4

But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.

Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people, there is dignity for the king. And in a paucity of people, there is disgrace for the prince.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.