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1 Chronicles 21:1-7

1AndSatanstoodH5975upagainstIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andmovedDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732tonumberH4487Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2AndDavidדָּוִ֤ידda.VidH1732saidH559toJoabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097andtotheprincesH8269ofthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,GoH935,numberמִסְפָּרָֽם׃mis.pa.RamH4557Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478fromBeer-shebaeventoDanדָּ֑ןDanH1835;andbringוְהָבִ֣יאוּve.ha.Vi.'uH935meword,thatImayknowוְאֵדְעָ֖הve.'e.de.'AhH3045thesumofthem.

3AndJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097saidH559,Jehovahmakehispeopleעַמּ֤וֹ׀a.MoH5971ahundredמֵאָ֣הme.'AhH3967timesH6471asmanyastheyare:but,mylordthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,aretheynotallmylord’sservantsH5650?whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100dothmylordrequireH1245thisthing?whyלָ֛מָּהLa.mahH4100willhebeH1961acauseofguiltלְאַשְׁמָ֖הle.'ash.MahH819untoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

4Neverthelesstheking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428wordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697prevailedחָזַ֣קcha.ZakH2388againstJoabיוֹאָ֑בyo.'AvH3097. WhereforeJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097departed,andwentH1980throughoutallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andcameH935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

5AndJoabיוֹאָ֛בyo.'AvH3097gaveH5414upthesumofthenumberingמִסְפַּ֥רmis.ParH4557ofthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971untoDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732.AndalltheyofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH1961athousandאֶ֣לֶף'E.lefH505thousandאֲלָפִים֩'a.la.FimH505andahundredH3967thousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505menאִישׁ֙'ishH376thatdrewH8025swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719:andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.DahH3063wasH1961fourאַרְבַּע֩'ar.Ba'H702hundredH3967threescoreandtenthousandאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefH505menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376thatdrewH8025swordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

6ButLeviוְלֵוִי֙ve.le.ViH3878andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144countedhenotamongthem;fortheking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697wasabominabletoJoabיוֹאָֽב׃yo.'AvH3097.

7AndGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430wasdispleasedwiththisthingH1697; thereforehesmoteIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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