1 Chronicles 21:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

Is it not i

These sheep

1 Kings 22:17

Psalm 44:11

What have

2 Samuel 24:1

Let thine

1 John 3:16

On my father's

That they should

Joshua 22:18

Bible References

Is it not i

David responded to God, "I sinned greatly by behaving this way. But now I am asking you, please remove the guilt of your servant, since I have acted very foolishly."

When David saw the angel who had been attacking the people, he told the LORD, "Look, I'm the one who has sinned! I did the evil. These are only sheep! What did they do? Please, let your hand fall on me and on my household!"

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won't open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you've done,' declares the Lord GOD."

These sheep

So Micaiah replied: "I saw all of Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD told me, "These have no master, so let them each return to his own home in peace.'"

You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.

What have

Later, God's anger blazed forth against Israel, so he incited David to move against them by telling him, "Go take a census of Israel and Judah."

Let thine

Therefore, please allow your servant to remain as a slave to Your Excellency, instead of the young man, and let the young man go back home with his brothers.

Now, if you will, forgive their sin but if not, blot me out of your book which you have written."

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people,

This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

On my father's

You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

""Therefore the sword will never leave your household, because you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

"Then some of your own sons, who will come from your loins, whom you will father, will be taken away to become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"

That they should

Now then, are you turning away from following the LORD today? If you rebel against the LORD today, by tomorrow he will be angry with the entire community of Israel.