1 Chronicles 21:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

Joab

2 Samuel 24:2

Beer-sheba

2 Chronicles 30:5

Bring

1 Chronicles 27:23

That i may

General references

2 Corinthians 2:11

Bible References

Joab

The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, "Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army."

Beer-sheba

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!"

My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba -- in number like the sand by the sea! -- be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.

So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon's lifetime.

So they sent an edict throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.

Bring

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

That i may

when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me -- so that I would not become arrogant.

General references

so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).