Chronicles I 21:1

1 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

Chronicles I 21:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:2

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Chronicles I 21:1 In-Context

1 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

2 And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me , and I shall know their number.

3 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they , and the eyes of my lord the king see : all the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? , lest it become a sin to Israel.

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.