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1 Chronicles 21:3

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And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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  1. Deuteronomy 1:11Rank 1 from verse 3
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    11(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

  2. 1 Chronicles 19:13Rank 2 from verse 3
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    13Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.

  3. 1 Kings 14:16Rank 3 from verse 3
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    16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  4. 1 Samuel 2:24Rank 4 from verse 3
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    24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

  5. Exodus 32:21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

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1 Chronicles 21:3

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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require

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To ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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trespass

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Sense 1: A transgression, offense, or wrongful crossing of a boundary. Sense 2: As a verb, to offend or sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1AND Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

21:2And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

21:3And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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21:4Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

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