2 Samuel 24:3

Joab said to the king, "Now may Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"

Deuteronomy 1:11

Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!

2 Samuel 10:12

Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him."

1 Chronicles 21:3-4

Joab said, "May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"

Psalm 115:14

May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

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Summary

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

Bible References

General references

2 Samuel 10:12
Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him."
1 Chronicles 21:3
Joab said, "May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"
Psalm 115:14
May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
Isaiah 60:5
Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.