2 Samuel 24:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD was angry with Israel again, and he made David think it would be a good idea to count the people in Israel and Judah.

Cross References

Genesis 45:5

Don't worry or blame yourselves for what you did. God is the one who sent me ahead of you to save lives.

Genesis 50:20

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

2 Samuel 12:11

Someone from your own family will cause you a lot of trouble, and I will take your wives and give them to another man before your very eyes. He will go to bed with them while everyone looks on.

2 Samuel 16:10

David replied, “What will I ever do with you and your brother Joab? If Shimei is cursing me because the LORD has told him to, then who are you to tell him to stop?”

2 Kings 3:6

One day, Joram left Samaria and called together Israel's army.

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan decided to cause trouble for Israel by making David think it was a good idea to find out how many people there were in Israel and Judah.

1 Chronicles 7:2

Tola was the father of Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, who were all brave soldiers and family leaders in their clan. There were 22,600 people in Tola's family by the time David became king.

1 Chronicles 7:40

These were the descendants of Asher, and they were all respected family leaders and brave soldiers. The tribe of Asher had a total of 26,000 soldiers.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah was so proud that he refused to thank the LORD for everything he had done for him. This made the LORD angry, and he punished Hezekiah and the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make the king so stubborn that he won't listen to you. He won't listen even when I do many terrible things to him and his nation. Then I will bring a final punishment on Egypt, and the king will let Israel's families and tribes go.

Ezekiel 14:9

If a prophet gives a false message, I am the one who caused that prophet to lie. But I will still reject him and cut him off from my people,

Ezekiel 20:25

I gave them laws that bring punishment instead of life,

Leviticus 10:6

Then Moses told Aaron and his other two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: Don't show your sorrow by leaving your hair uncombed and tearing your priestly clothes, or the LORD will get angry. He will kill the three of you and punish everyone else. It's all right for your relatives, the people of Israel, to mourn for those he destroyed by fire.

Numbers 1:19

just as the LORD had commanded.

Acts 4:28

They did what you in your power and wisdom had already decided would happen.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God will make sure that they are fooled into believing a lie.

Judges 2:14

with the Israelites that he let other nations raid Israel and steal their crops and other possessions. Enemies were everywhere, and the LORD always let them defeat Israel in battle. The LORD had warned Israel he would do this, and now the Israelites were miserable.

Judges 2:20

The LORD was angry with Israel and said: The Israelites have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors. They won't obey me,

1 Samuel 26:19

Please listen to what I have to say. If the LORD has turned you against me, perhaps a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the LORD will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the LORD and have told me to worship foreign gods.