Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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?
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Bible References
The lord
1 Chronicles 19:13
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.
Psalm 115:14
May Jehovah continue to bless you and your children.
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
Isaiah 26:15
You have enlarged the nation, O Jehovah; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself. You have extended all the borders of the land.
Isaiah 48:19
Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.
Why will
Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham. He said to him: What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you? You have brought a great sin on me and on my kingdom. You have done to me things that ought not to be done.
Exodus 32:21
Moses asked Aaron: What did these people do to harm you? Why did you make them sin in this terrible way?
Numbers 32:9
They went as far as the Eshcol Valley. They saw the land. But then they discouraged the rest of the Israelites from entering the land Jehovah had given them.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons. It is not a good report that I hear. You make Jehovah's people transgress.
1 Kings 14:16
Jehovah will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and led the people of Israel into sin.
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2 Samuel 24:3
Joab answered reluctantly: Your Majesty, may Jehovah your God make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now. May you live to see him do it. But why does Your Majesty want to do this?