2 Samuel 24:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king. But what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:11

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

Psalm 115:14

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

Isaiah 60:5

Then shalt thou see and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged: when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.

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.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king's words prevailed over the words of Joab, and of the captains of the army. And Joab, and the captains of the soldiers went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.