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THE MESSAGE
1 Chronicles 21:1
Now Satan entered the scene and seduced David into taking a census of Israel. David gave orders to Joab and the army officers under him, "Canvass all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and get a count of the population. I want to know the number."
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Christian Standard Bible®
Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.
Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
Hasatan stood up against Yisra'el, and moved David to number Yisra'el.
Hasatan stood up against Yisra'el, and moved David to number Yisra'el.
King James Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
English Standard Version
Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
New Century Version
Satan was against Israel, and he caused David to count the people of Israel.
Satan was against Israel, and he caused David to count the people of Israel.
New English Translation
An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.
An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.
Amplified Bible
Satan [the adversary] stood up against Israel and incited David to count [the population of] Israel.
Satan [the adversary] stood up against Israel and incited David to count [the population of] Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
World English Bible
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to nomber Israel.
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to nomber Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Satan decided to cause trouble for Israel by making David think it was a good idea to find out how many people there were in Israel and Judah.
Satan decided to cause trouble for Israel by making David think it was a good idea to find out how many people there were in Israel and Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
The Adversary now rose up against Isra'el and incited David to take a census of Isra'el.
The Adversary now rose up against Isra'el and incited David to take a census of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Satan was against the Israelites. He encouraged David to count the Israelites.
Satan was against the Israelites. He encouraged David to count the Israelites.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel.
THEN Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel.
Good News Translation
Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people of Israel, so he made David decide to take a census.
Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people of Israel, so he made David decide to take a census.
Lexham English Bible
Then Satan stood against Israel and urged David to count Israel.
Then Satan stood against Israel and urged David to count Israel.
Literal Translation
And Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Sathan stode agaynst Israel, & entysed Dauid to nombre Israel.
And Sathan stode agaynst Israel, & entysed Dauid to nombre Israel.
American Standard Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel.
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel.
And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
English Revised Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Sathan roos ayens Israel, and stiride Dauid for to noumbre Israel.
Sotheli Sathan roos ayens Israel, and stiride Dauid for to noumbre Israel.
Update Bible Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
New King James Version
2 Samuel 24:1-25">[xr] Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
2 Samuel 24:1-25">[xr] Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
New Living Translation
Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
New Life Bible
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
New Revised Standard
Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel.
Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the accuser stood up, against Israel, - and moved David, to number Israel.
Then the accuser stood up, against Israel, - and moved David, to number Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel.
And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
Contextual Overview
1Now Satan entered the scene and seduced David into taking a census of Israel. David gave orders to Joab and the army officers under him, "Canvass all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and get a count of the population. I want to know the number." 3 Joab resisted: "May God multiply his people by hundreds! Don't they all belong to my master the king? But why on earth would you do a thing like this—why risk getting Israel into trouble with God?" 4But David wouldn't take no for an answer, so Joab went off and did it—canvassed the country and then came back to Jerusalem and reported the results of the census: There were 1,100,000 fighting men; of that total, Judah accounted for 470,000. Joab, disgusted by the command—it, in fact, turned his stomach!—protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking. And God, offended by the whole thing, punished Israel.
Bible Verse Review
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Satan: 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 22:20-22, Job 1:6-12, Job 2:1, Job 2:4-6, Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 4:3, Luke 22:31, John 13:2, Acts 5:3, James 1:13, Revelation 12:10
provoked David: Luke 11:53, Hebrews 10:24
Reciprocal: Numbers 1:2 - Take ye the sum Numbers 26:4 - General Joshua 22:18 - he will be 1 Samuel 26:19 - stirred 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number 1 Chronicles 7:7 - were reckoned 1 Chronicles 7:40 - the number 1 Chronicles 27:24 - began to number 2 Chronicles 32:25 - General Matthew 4:10 - Satan Matthew 16:23 - Satan John 8:44 - He was 2 Corinthians 2:11 - General Revelation 12:9 - and Satan
Cross-References
Genesis 17:19
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Genesis 18:10
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
Genesis 21:17
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."
Genesis 21:20
God was on the boy's side as he grew up. He lived out in the desert and became a skilled archer. He lived in the Paran wilderness. And his mother got him a wife from Egypt.
God was on the boy's side as he grew up. He lived out in the desert and became a skilled archer. He lived in the Paran wilderness. And his mother got him a wife from Egypt.
Genesis 50:24
At the end, Joseph said to his brothers, "I am ready to die. God will most certainly pay you a visit and take you out of this land and back to the land he so solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
At the end, Joseph said to his brothers, "I am ready to die. God will most certainly pay you a visit and take you out of this land and back to the land he so solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Exodus 3:16
"Now be on your way. Gather the leaders of Israel. Tell them, ‘ God , the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to me, saying, "I've looked into what's being done to you in Egypt, and I've determined to get you out of the affliction of Egypt and take you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, a land brimming over with milk and honey."'
"Now be on your way. Gather the leaders of Israel. Tell them, ‘ God , the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to me, saying, "I've looked into what's being done to you in Egypt, and I've determined to get you out of the affliction of Egypt and take you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, a land brimming over with milk and honey."'
Ruth 1:6
One day she got herself together, she and her two daughters-in-law, to leave the country of Moab and set out for home; she had heard that God had been pleased to visit his people and give them food. And so she started out from the place she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law with her, on the road back to the land of Judah.
One day she got herself together, she and her two daughters-in-law, to leave the country of Moab and set out for home; she had heard that God had been pleased to visit his people and give them food. And so she started out from the place she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law with her, on the road back to the land of Judah.
1 Samuel 2:21
God was most especially kind to Hannah. She had three more sons and two daughters! The boy Samuel stayed at the sanctuary and grew up with God .
God was most especially kind to Hannah. She had three more sons and two daughters! The boy Samuel stayed at the sanctuary and grew up with God .
Psalms 12:6
God's words are pure words, Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln, Pure on earth as well as in heaven. God , keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies, From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.
God's words are pure words, Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln, Pure on earth as well as in heaven. God , keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies, From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.
Psalms 106:4
Remember me, God , when you enjoy your people; include me when you save them; I want to see your chosen succeed, celebrate with your celebrating nation, join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!
Remember me, God , when you enjoy your people; include me when you save them; I want to see your chosen succeed, celebrate with your celebrating nation, join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As the books of Scripture are arranged in our Version, Satan is here for the first time by name introduced to us. He appears not merely as an “adversary” who seeks to injure man from without, but as a Tempter able to ruin him by suggesting sinful acts and thoughts from within. In this point of view, the revelation made of him here is the most advanced that we find in the Old Testament.
The difficulty in reconciling the statement here, “Satan provoked David,” etc. with that of Samuel, “the Lord moved David,” etc. 2 Samuel 24:1 is not serious. All temptation is permitted by God. When evil spirits tempt us, they do so by permission (Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Luke 22:31, etc.). If Satan therefore provoked David to number the peopIe, God allowed him. And what God allows, He may be said to do. (Another view is maintained in the 2 Samuel 24:1 note).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXI
David is tempted by Satan to take the numbers of the people of
Israel and Judah, 1, 2.
Joab remonstrates, but the king is determined, and Joab pleads
in vain, 3, 4.
He returns, and delivers in the number to the king, but reckons
not Levi and Benjamin, 5.
The Lord is displeased, and sends Gad to offer David his choice
of three great national calamities; famine, war, or pestilence,
6-12.
David submits himself to God, and a pestilence is sent, which
destroys seventy thousand, 13, 14.
At David's intercession the destroying angel is restrained at
the threshing-floor of Ornan, 15-17.
He buys the piece of ground, builds an altar to the Lord and
offers sacrifices, and the plague is stayed, 18-30.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXI
Verse 1 Chronicles 21:1. And Satan stood up against Israel — 2 Samuel 24:1, &c.
