Verse 3
2 Samuel 24:3
Geneva Bible
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And Ioab saide vnto the King, The Lord thy God (Elohim) increase the people an hundreth folde more then they be, and that the eyes of my lorde the King may see it: but why doeth my lord the King desire this thing?
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
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And the wrath of the Lord was againe kindled against Israel, and he moued Dauid against them, in tha...
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For the King said to Ioab the captaine of the hoste, which was with him, Goe speedily now through al...
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And Ioab saide vnto the King, The Lord thy God (Elohim) increase the people an hundreth folde more t...
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Then they came to Gilead, and to Tahtim-hodshi, so they came to Dan Iaan, and so about to Zidon,
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And came to the fortresse of Tyrus and to all the cities of the Hiuites and of the Canaanites, and w...
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So when they had gone about all the lande, they returned to Ierusalem at the ende of nine moneths an...
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And Ioab deliuered the nomber and summe of the people vnto the King: and there were in Israel eight...
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Then Dauids heart smote him, after that he had numbred the people: and Dauid said vnto the Lord, I h...
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And when Dauid was vp in the morning, the worde of the Lord came vnto the Prophet Gad Dauids Seer, s...
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Go, and say vnto Dauid, Thus saith ye Lord, I offer thee three thinges, chuse thee which of them I s...
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So Gad came to Dauid, and shewed him, and said vnto him, Wilt thou that seuen yeeres famine come vpo...
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And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (f...
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So the Lord sent a pestilece in Israel, from the morning euen to the time appointed: and there dyed...
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And when the Angel stretched out his hande vpon Ierusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the eu...
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And Dauid spake vnto the Lord (when he sawe the Angel that smote the people) and saide, Behold, I ha...
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So Gad came the same day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Go vp, reare an altar vnto the Lord in the thr...
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And Dauid (according to the saying of Gad) went vp, as the Lord had commanded.
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And Araunah looked, and sawe the King and his seruants comming towarde him, and Araunah went out, an...
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And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the King come to his seruant? Then Dauid answered, To bye the...
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Then Araunah saide vnto Dauid, Let my lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes...
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Then the King saide vnto Araunah, Not so, but I will bye it of thee at a price, and will not offer b...
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And Dauid built there an altar vnto the Lord, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings, and the...
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