1 Chronicles 21:3

New American Bible - revised edition

But Joab replied: “May the Lord increase his people a hundredfold! My lord king, are not all of them my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord seek to do this thing? Why should he bring guilt upon Israel?”

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him: “What have you done to us! What wrong did I do to you that you would have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have treated me in an intolerable way.

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and caused Israel to commit.”

2 Kings 12:7

Nevertheless, as late as the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not made needed repairs on the temple.

1 Chronicles 19:13

Hold firm and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in his sight.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

However, the king’s command prevailed over Joab, who departed and traversed all of Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord increase your number, yours and your descendants.

Exodus 30:12

When you take a census of the Israelites who are to be enrolled, each one, as he is enrolled, shall give the Lord a ransom for his life, so that no plague may come upon them for being enrolled.

Exodus 32:21

Moses asked Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you should lead them into a grave sin?”

Proverbs 14:28

A multitude of subjects is the glory of the king; but if his people are few, a prince is ruined.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, Lord, you have increased the nation, have added to your glory, you have extended far all the boundaries of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants like the sand, the offspring of your loins like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence.

Deuteronomy 1:11

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

Joshua 22:15

When these came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they said to them:

1 Samuel 2:24

Stop this, my sons! The report that I hear the Lord’s people spreading is not good.