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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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1 Chronicles 21:7

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Conscience;   Nation;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - God;   God's;   Judgments, God's;   Smitten of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This command was also evil in God’s sight, so he afflicted Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Yisra'el.
King James Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
English Standard Version
But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.
New Century Version
David had done something God had said was wrong, so God punished Israel.
Amplified Bible
Now God was displeased with this act [of arrogance and pride], and He struck Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Now God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.
World English Bible
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
And this thing was displeasing in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
Contemporary English Version
David's order to count the people made God angry, and he punished Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
God was displeased with this and therefore punished Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
David had done a bad thing in God's sight, so God punished Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD was displeased with this thing, because David had numbered Israel.
Good News Translation
God was displeased with what had been done, so he punished Israel.
Lexham English Bible
But this word was displeasing in the eyes of God, and he struck Israel.
Literal Translation
And it was evil in the eyes of God as to this thing, and He struck Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But this displeased God righte sore: for he smote Israel.
American Standard Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde was displeased with this thing, and smote Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.
English Revised Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe that that was comaundid displeside the Lord, and he smoot Israel.
Update Bible Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.
New King James Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.
New Living Translation
God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
New Life Bible
God was not pleased that Israel was numbered so He punished Israel.
New Revised Standard
But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was displeasing in the eyes of God, concerning this thing, - therefore smote he Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.
Revised Standard Version
But God was displeased with this thing, and he smote Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.

Contextual Overview

7 God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel. 8 David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly." 9 The Lord told Gad, David's prophet, 10 "Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: "I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them."'" 11 Gad went to David and told him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these: 12 three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the Lord , during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord 's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me." 13 David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord , for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!" 14 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died. 15 God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the Lord watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying, "That's enough! Stop now!" Now the Lord 's angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 David looked up and saw the Lord 's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And God was displeased with this thing: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 15:5

he smote: 1 Chronicles 21:14, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 22:16-26, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:14, 2 Samuel 24:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:10 - displeased Genesis 48:17 - displeased him Exodus 4:14 - anger Numbers 22:34 - if it displease thee 1 Kings 11:9 - angry

Cross-References

Genesis 21:11
Sarah's demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.
Genesis 21:32
So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:34
So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.
Numbers 23:23
For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!'
Psalms 86:8
None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
Psalms 86:10
For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.
Isaiah 49:21
Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?'"
Isaiah 66:8
Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!
Ephesians 3:10
The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".


 
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