1 Chronicles 21:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Joab replied, ‘May the Lord multiply the number of his people a hundred times over!  My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel? ’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; their name would not be cut off or eliminated from my presence.

Isaiah 26:15

You have added to the nation,  Lord. You have added to the nation; you are honoured. You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God.  May the Lord’s will be done.’

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.’

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons, the news I hear the Lord’s people spreading is not good.

Exodus 32:21

Then Moses asked Aaron, ‘What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin? ’

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, ‘What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’

1 Chronicles 21:4

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and travelled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 30:12

‘When you take a census  of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom  for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague  will come on them as they are registered.

Joshua 22:15

They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them,

2 Kings 12:7

So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada  and the other priests and asked, ‘Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.’