1 Chronicles 21:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joab answered, “Your Majesty, even if the LORD made your kingdom a hundred times larger, you would still rule everyone in it. Why do you need to know how many soldiers there are? Don't you think that would make the whole nation angry?”

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Abimelech then called in Abraham and said: Look what you've done to us! What have I ever done to you? Why did you make me and my nation guilty of such a terrible sin?

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned and caused the Israelites to sin. Now the LORD will desert Israel.

2 Kings 12:7

Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why aren't you using the money to repair the temple? Don't take any more money for yourselves. It is only to be used to pay for the repairs.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the towns of our LORD God. I pray he will do whatever pleases him.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

But David would not change his mind. And so Joab went everywhere in Israel and Judah and counted the people. He returned to Jerusalem

Psalm 115:14

I pray that the LORD will let your family and your descendants always grow strong.

Exodus 30:12

Find out how many grown men there are in Israel and require each of them to pay me to keep him safe from danger while you are counting them.

Exodus 32:21

Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to harm you? Why did you make them sin in this terrible way?”

Proverbs 14:28

Rulers of powerful nations are held in honour; rulers of weak nations are nothing at all.

Isaiah 26:15

Our nation has grown because of you, our LORD. We have more land than before, and you are honoured.

Isaiah 48:19

Your nation would be blessed with more people than there are grains of sand along the seashore. And I would never have let your country be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 1:11

God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will.

Joshua 22:15

Phinehas and these leaders went to Gilead and met with the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said: