1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab replied, "May the LORD increase the population of his people a hundredfold! Your majesty, all of them are your majesty's servants, aren't they? So why should your majesty demand this? Why should he bring guilt to Israel?"

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great sin against me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that ought not to have been done."

Exodus 32:21

Then Moses asked Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you brought such great sin upon them?"

Numbers 32:9-10

When they arrived in the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelis from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase your numbers a thousand times more, and may he bless you, as he promised you.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons, I'm not hearing good news being circulated by the LORD's people.

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam's sins that he committed and by which Jeroboam caused Israel to sin."

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, be courageous on behalf of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what he thinks is best."

Psalm 115:14

May the LORD add to your numbers to you and to your descendants.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king's glory, but a shortage of people is a ruler's ruin.

Isaiah 26:15

"But you have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained honor; you have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would've been like the sand, and your offspring like its numberless grains. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or annihilated out of my reach.

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Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

The lord

1 Chronicles 19:13
Be strong, be courageous on behalf of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what he thinks is best."
Psalm 115:14
May the LORD add to your numbers to you and to your descendants.
Proverbs 14:28
A large population is a king's glory, but a shortage of people is a ruler's ruin.
Isaiah 26:15
"But you have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained honor; you have extended all the borders of the land.
Isaiah 48:19
Your descendants would've been like the sand, and your offspring like its numberless grains. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or annihilated out of my reach.

Why will

Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great sin against me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that ought not to have been done."
Exodus 32:21
Then Moses asked Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you brought such great sin upon them?"
Numbers 32:9
When they arrived in the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelis from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons, I'm not hearing good news being circulated by the LORD's people.
1 Kings 14:16
He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam's sins that he committed and by which Jeroboam caused Israel to sin."

General references

2 Samuel 24:3
But Joab replied, "May the LORD your God increase the population of the people a hundredfold while your majesty the king is still alive to see it happen! But why does your majesty the king want to do this?"

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