1 Chronicles 21:3
“And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?”
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Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Chronicles 21:1-6
Numbering the people, one would think, was no bad thing. Why should not the shepherd know the number of his flock? But…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
moe Cp. 1Ch 14:3, note.
are they not all my lord's servants? Joab foresees some disaster to the people, and asks why…
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