1 Chronicles 21:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

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  • 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number. 24 The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.
  • 2 Chr 30:5 : 5 So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.
  • 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.
  • Deut 8:13-17 : 13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort; 14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house; 15 Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you; 16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end; 17 Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
  • 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.
  • 2 Sam 3:10 : 10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.
  • 2 Sam 24:2-4 : 2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people. 3 And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing? 4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 24:15 : 15 So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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  • 2 Sam 24:1-4
    4 verses
    92%

    1 Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

    2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

    3 And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

    4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 21:1
    80%

    1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 21:3-7
    5 verses
    80%

    3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

    5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

    6 But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

    7 And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

  • 2 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

    2 And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.

  • 1 Chr 27:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.

    24 The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.

  • 2 Sam 24:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

    10 And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    75%

    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    75%

    15 Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

  • 1 Chr 21:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.

    18 Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Num 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

    3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    73%

    11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    73%

    4 And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.

    2 And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;

  • 2 Chr 2:17
    72%

    17 Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    72%

    23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    72%

    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

    39 Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    72%

    6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
    72%

    2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    72%

    7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    71%

    8 And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

  • Num 26:2
    71%

    2 Let all the children of Israel be numbered, by the names of their fathers' families, all those of twenty years old and over who are able to go to war in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
    71%

    1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    71%

    2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    71%

    1 And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

  • 2 Sam 2:1
    70%

    1 Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    70%

    7 And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • Num 26:4
    70%

    4 Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    70%

    17 And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

  • Judg 20:10
    70%

    10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 12:31
    70%

    31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    69%

    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    69%

    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

  • Num 1:19
    69%

    19 As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
    69%

    8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 21:2
    69%

    2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.