1 Chronicles 21:3

Modern English Version

But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of His people a hundred times more. My lord the king, are not all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it bring guilt on Israel?”

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I offended you that you would bring on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that should not have been done.”

1 Kings 14:16

He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam who sinned and who led Israel to sin.”

2 Kings 12:7

Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages to the house? So now money will no longer be taken from your donors. You will give it over for the damages to the house.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Take courage, and let us prove worthy of our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord do what seems right to Him.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, so Joab departed and went throughout all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you increase, you and your children.

Exodus 30:12

When you take the census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague among them when you number them.

Exodus 32:21

Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the glory of a king, but in the lack of subjects is the ruin of a prince.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O  Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants also would have been as the sand and your offspring like grains of sand; their name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times more numerous and bless you, just as He has promised you!

Joshua 22:15

They came to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons! Truly, it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading.