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

But Joab replied, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”

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…