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1 Chronicles 21:6-8
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 21:6-8
New English Translation
6 Now Joab[a] did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him. 7 God was also offended by it,[b] so he attacked Israel.
8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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- 1 Chronicles 21:6 tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
- 1 Chronicles 21:7 tn Heb “There was displeasure in the eyes of God concerning this thing.”
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