1 Chronicles 21:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants? Why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:11

(The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)

Isaiah 48:19

And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.

Isaiah 26:15

Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord: thou hast been favourable to the nation. Art thou glorified? Thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour of the prince.

Psalm 115:14

I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves manfully for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord will do that which is good in his sight.

1 Kings 14:16

And the Lord shall give up Israel for the sins of Jeroboam, who hath sinned, and made Israel to sin.

1 Samuel 2:24

Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

Exodus 32:21

And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?

Genesis 20:9

And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? What have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

1 Chronicles 21:4

But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 30:12

When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord: and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

Joshua 22:15

Who came to the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, into the land of Galaad, and said to them:

2 Kings 12:7

And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order but restore it for the repairing of the temple.