Verse 3

Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:11 : 11 Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
• Ps 115:14 : 14 May Yahweh increase you more and more, You and your children.
• Prov 14:28 : 28 In the multitude of people is the king's glory, But in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
• 2 Sam 10:12 : 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good.
• 1 Chr 21:3-4 : 3 Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.