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1 Chronicles 21:1

World English Bible

Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

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1 Chronicles 21:1 in other translations

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

1 Chronicles 21:1 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 21:1 in context

  1. 1Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
  2. 2David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”
  3. 3Joab said, “May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”