1 Chronicles 11:20
Abishai <052> [Abishai.]
1 Chronicles 13:13
move <05493> [brought. Heb. removed. Obed-edom.]
Gittite <01663> [the Gittite.]
1 Chronicles 21:30
afraid <01204> [he was afraid.]
1 Chronicles 23:17
oldest <07218> [the chief. or, the first.]
many <04605 07235> [were very many. Heb. were highly multiplied.]
1 Chronicles 23:22
sons ....... sons <01121> [had no sons.]
cousins <0251> [brethren. or, kinsmen. took them.]
1 Chronicles 27:23
David <05375 01732> [David took not.]
It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable.
twenty <06242> [from twenty.]
promised ... make .... numerous <07235> [he would increase.]
