Font Size
1 Chronicles 21:1-3
Living Bible
1 Chronicles 21:1-3
Living Bible
21 Then Satan brought disaster upon Israel, for he made David decide to take a census.
2 “Take a complete census throughout the land[a] and bring me the totals,” he told Joab and the other leaders.
3 But Joab objected. “If the Lord were to multiply his people a hundred times, would they not all be yours? So why are you asking us to do this? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 throughout the land, literally, “from Beersheba to Dan.”
1 Chronicles 21:1-3
New International Version
1 Chronicles 21:1-3
New International Version
David Counts the Fighting Men(A)
21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(D) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over.(E) My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
Living Bible (TLB)
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.