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1 Chronicles 21:7

Sin

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
KJV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
WEB
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
ASV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
DARBY
And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.
BLB
And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He struck Israel.
ÅB
Det som var skjedd, var ondt i Guds øyne, og han slo Israel.
OTB
Gud var misfornøyd med denne handlingen,
så Han brakte trøbbel over Israel.
B1930
Det som var skjedd, var ondt i Guds øine, og han slo Israel.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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  • Joshua 22:16–26

    Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

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  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:14

    So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

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  • Joshua 7:1

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:14

    And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

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  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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