Verse 3

And Ioab saide vnto the king: The Lorde thy God encrease the people an hundreth folde mo then they be, & that the eyes of my lorde the king may see it: And what is the cause that my lorde the king hath a lust to this thyng?

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:11 : 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many mo as ye are, and blesse you as he hath promised you.)
• Ps 115:14 : 14 God wyll encrease you more and more: both you and also your children.
• Prov 14:28 : 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see this and be glorious, thou shalt maruayle exceedingly, and thyne heart shalbe opened: when the aboundaunce of the sea shalbe conuerted vnto thee that is when the riches of the gentiles shall come vnto thee.
• 2 Sam 10:12 : 12 Therefore quite thee lyke a man, and let vs be valiaunt for our people and for the cities of our God: And the Lorde do that which is good in his owne eyes.
• 1 Chr 21:3-4 : 3 And Ioab aunswered: The Lorde make his people an hundred times so many mo as they be: But my lorde, O king, are they not all my lordes seruauntes? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will my lorde be a cause of trespasse to Israel? 4 Neuerthelesse the kinges word preuayled against Ioab: And Ioab departed, and walked throughout all them of Israel, and came to Hierusalem againe,