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1Ch 21:3 — 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?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

The LORD		1Ch 19:13; Psa 115:14; Pro 14:28; Isa 26:15; Isa 48:19
why will		Gen 20:9; Exd 32:21; Num 32:9,10; 1Sa 2:24; 1Ki 14:16

Correlating Passages

The LORD

	1Ch 19:13	Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.
	Psa 115:14	The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
	Pro 14:28	In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
	Isa 26:15	Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.
	Isa 48:19	Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

why will

	Gen 20:9	Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
	Exd 32:21	And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
	Num 32:9	For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
	Num 32:10	And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
	1Sa 2:24	Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
	1Ki 14:16	And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Chronicles 21:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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