These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.
1 Chronicles 21:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Satan , rose up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SATAN [an adversary] stood up against Israel and stirred up David to number Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. Common English Bible A heavenly Adversary arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel. |
These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.
Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.
All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.
One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.
‘When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.
Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan , standing at his right side to accuse him.
Then the tempter approached him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.’
When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;
Now when it was time for supper, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray him.
‘Ananias,’ Peter asked, ‘why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works,
No one undergoing a trial should say, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been thrown down.