2 Samuel 24:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 24:1 —

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1 Chronicles 21:1
1 Chronicles 27:23-24
James 1:13-14
1 Kings 22:20-23
Genesis 50:20

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-9)

Here we have, I. The orders which David gave to Joab to number the people of Israel and Judah, 2 Sam. 24:1 , 2 . Two things here seem strange:—1. The sinfulness of this. What harm was there in it? Did not Moses twice number the people without any crime? Does not political arithmetic come in among the other policies of a prince? Should not the shepherd know the number of his sheep? Does not the Son...

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