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1 Chronicles 21:7–11

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And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
¶ And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
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From verse 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:14Rank 1 from verse 7
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    14¶ So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

  2. 1 Kings 15:5Rank 2 from verse 7
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    5Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  3. 2 Samuel 11:27Rank 3 from verse 7
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    27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

  4. 2 Samuel 21:1Rank 4 from verse 7
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    1THEN there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  5. 2 Samuel 21:14Rank 5 from verse 7
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    14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

From verse 8

  1. 2 Samuel 12:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

  2. 1 John 1:9Rank 2 from verse 8
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    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  3. 1 Samuel 13:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

  4. 1 Samuel 26:21Rank 4 from verse 8
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    21¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

  5. 2 Chronicles 10:9Rank 5 from verse 8
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    9And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

From verse 9

  1. 1 Samuel 9:9Rank 1 from verse 9
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    9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

  2. 2 Samuel 24:11Rank 2 from verse 9
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    11For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:29Rank 3 from verse 9
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    29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

From verse 10

  1. 1 Kings 13:21–22Rank 1 from verse 10
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    21And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

    22But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

  2. 2 Samuel 12:10–12Rank 2 from verse 10
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    10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

    11Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

    12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

  3. Joshua 24:15Rank 3 from verse 10
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    15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

  4. Numbers 20:12Rank 4 from verse 10
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    12¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  5. Proverbs 1:29–31Rank 5 from verse 10
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    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

From verse 11

  1. Proverbs 19:20Rank 1 from verse 11
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    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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1 Chronicles 21:7

COMBINED MEANING

displeased

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of displease, meaning to give offense, cause displeasure, or make angry.

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COMBINED MEANING

smote

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1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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Israel

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

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1 Chronicles 21:8

COMBINED MEANING

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

iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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1 Chronicles 21:9

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 21:10

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 21:11

COMBINED MEANING

Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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21:7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

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21:8And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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21:9¶ And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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21:10Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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21:11So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

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21:12Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

21:13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

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