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Judgment for David’s Sin

1 Chronicles 21:7

In 11 translations

BSB
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
KJV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.And…: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the LORD concerning this thing
WEB
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
ASV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
LSV
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He strikes Israel,
YLT
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,
DBY
And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.Elohim
DRC
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.
GNV
And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.
JPS
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote Israel.
LXXE
And there was evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֨רַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיַּ֖ךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
καὶ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου, καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

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  • Joshua 7:13Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against…
  • 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
  • Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  • 2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  • Joshua 22:16–26“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might…
  • Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of…
  • 1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 21:14So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
  • 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…

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