1 Chronicles 21:3

New International Version

But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

1 Kings 14:16

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

2 Kings 12:7

Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.

Exodus 30:12

“When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

Exodus 32:21

He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.

Isaiah 26:15

You have enlarged the nation, Lord; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me.”

Deuteronomy 1:11

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

Joshua 22:15

When they went to Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh—they said to them:

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good.