Verse 3

2 Samuel 24:3

New Living Translation

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3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God (Elohim) let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹאָ֜ב אֶל הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ וְ/יוֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ אֶל הָ/עָ֜ם כָּ/הֵ֤ם וְ/כָ/הֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים וְ/עֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽ/י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ רֹא֑וֹת וַ/אדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֥/מָּה חָפֵ֖ץ בַּ/דָּבָ֥ר הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

And Joab said to the king, "May Yahweh your God be with the people as with them, and may their eyes of my lord the king see; and why does my lord the king desire this matter?"

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Chapter 24 Context

1 Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a... Focus ↗

2 So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel... Focus ↗

3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God (Elohim) let you live to see a hundred times as...

4 But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to... Focus ↗

5 First they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the town in the valley, in the direction... Focus ↗

6 then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. Focus ↗

7 Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, th... Focus ↗

8 Having gone through the entire land for nine months and twenty days, they returned to Jerusalem. Focus ↗

9 Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 capable warriors in Israel who co... Focus ↗

10 But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the LORD,... Focus ↗

11 The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the me... Focus ↗

12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of thes... Focus ↗

13 So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three years of famine throughout your land, thr... Focus ↗

14 “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the LORD, f... Focus ↗

15 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days. A total of 70,000... Focus ↗

16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel,... Focus ↗

17 When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But thes... Focus ↗

18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing f... Focus ↗

19 So David went up to do what the LORD had commanded him. Focus ↗

20 When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his... Focus ↗

21 “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked. David replied, “I have come to buy your thresh... Focus ↗

22 “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the b... Focus ↗

23 I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the LORD your God (Elohim) accept your sacrifice.” Focus ↗

24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings... Focus ↗

25 David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the L... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 24 (25 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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