1 Chronicles 21:1
King James Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:1 in context
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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The Book of 1 Chronicles — summary, themes & key verses
Worship and God's faithfulness — David's reign retold with a heart for God's presence.
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