God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 21:7
7God considered the census to be sinful, so he struck Israel ⌞with a plague⌟.
1 Chronicles 21:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.
Context of 1 Chronicles 21:7
5Joab reported the census figures to David: In Israel there were 1,100,000 men who could serve in the army, and in Judah there were 470,000 who could serve in the army. 6Joab didn’t include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king’s order. God considered the census to be sinful, so he struck Israel ⌞with a plague⌟. 8David said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this thing. Forgive me because I have acted very foolishly.” 9The Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer.
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וַיֵּ֙רַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיַּ֖ךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:7
- 2 Samuel 11:27When her mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his home, and she became his wife. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord considered David’s actions evil.
- 1 Kings 15:5The Lord did this because David did what the Lord considered right: David never failed to do anything the Lord commanded him to do his entire life (except in the matter concerning Uriah the Hittite).
- 1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died.
- Joshua 7:1The people of Israel proved to be disloyal about the things claimed by the Lord. Achan, son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah, and a member of the tribe of Judah, took something that had been claimed by the Lord. So the Lord became angry with the people of Israel.
- Joshua 22:16“All of the Lord’s congregation is asking, ‘What is this faithless act you have committed against the God of Israel?’ Today you have turned away from following the Lord by building an altar for yourselves. Today you have rebelled against the Lord!
- 2 Samuel 21:1In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”
- 2 Samuel 24:1The Lord became angry with Israel again, so he provoked David to turn against Israel. He said, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The study note on 2 Samuel 24:1 explores why God was upset with the census.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131Ch 21:1-13. David Sins in Numbering the People. 1. Satan stood up against Israel--God, by withdrawing His grace at this time from David (see on 2Sa 24:1), permitted the tempter to prevail over him. As the result of this successful temptation was the entail of a heavy calamity as a punishment from God upon the people, it might be said that "Satan stood up against Israel." number Israel--In the act of taking the census of a people, there is not only no…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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