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1 Chronicles 21:3

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21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 1  a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” 2 

1 Chronicles 21:23

Context
21:23 Ornan told David, “You can have it! 3  My master, the king, may do what he wants. 4  Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.”
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[21:3]  1 tn Or “people.”

[21:3]  2 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.

[21:23]  3 tn Heb “take for yourself.”

[21:23]  4 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”



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