2 Samuel 24:3

King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And Jo´ab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:11

(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

Psalm 115:14

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

Isaiah 60:5

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.

2 Samuel 24:4

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Jo´ab, and against the captains of the host. And Jo´ab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.