2 Samuel 24:1

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2 So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

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
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
KJV
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
WEB
Again the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
ASV
And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
DARBY
And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
BLB
And the anger of YHWH added to be hot against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
ÅB
Men Herrens vrede ble opptent igjen[^1] mot Israel, og han egget David opp imot dem og sa: Gå avsted og tell Israel og Juda!
OTB
Nå ble Herrens vrede igjen opptent mot Israel, og Han egget David mot dem og sa: "Gå og hold folketelling over Israel og Juda."
B1930
Men Herrens vrede optendtes atter mot Israel, og han egget David op imot dem og sa: Gå avsted og tell Israel og Juda! / < 2SA 21, 1 fg.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 21:1

    Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:23–24

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

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  • James 1:13–14

    When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

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  • 1 Kings 22:20–23

    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

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  • Genesis 50:20

    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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  • Ezekiel 14:9

    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 20:25

    I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

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  • Acts 4:28

    They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

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