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1 Chronicles 21:3
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3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army[a] a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”[b]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:3 tn Or “people.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:3 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.
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