1 Chronicles 21:7

7 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Yisra'el.

1 Chronicles 21:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:7

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:7 In-Context

5 Yo'av gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Yisra'el were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Yehudah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
6 But he didn't count Levi and Binyamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Yo'av.
7 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Yisra'el.
8 David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9 The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
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