New Living Translation
1 Chronicles 21:7
7God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
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
5and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah. 6But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do. God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it. 8Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.” 9Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message:
Read all of 1 Chronicles 211 Chronicles 21:7 word by word
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 the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.
- 1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and had obeyed the Lord’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
- Joshua 7:1But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the Lord was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.
- Joshua 22:16“The whole community of the Lord demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the Lord and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against him?
- 2 Samuel 21:1There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
- 2 Samuel 24:1Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.
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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