1 Chronicles 21:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NKJV

And Joab answered, “May the Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?”

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The Census.

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

It greatly magnifies a wrong action when we are rebuked for it, especially if that rebuke comes from a man not known for having a tender conscience…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…