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1 Chronicles 21:7

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God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

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1 Chronicles 21:7 in other translations

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

1 Chronicles 21:7 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 21:7 in context

  1. 5Joab gave up the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
  2. 6But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
  3. 7God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
  4. 8David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
  5. 9Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,