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2 Samuel 24:1

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

2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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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.>

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:1

    And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:23–24

    But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

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  • James 1:13–14

    Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

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  • 1 Kings 22:20–23

    And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

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  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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  • Ezekiel 14:9

    And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 20:25

    Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

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  • Acts 4:28

    For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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