1 Chronicles 21:3

21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army7 a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”8

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7	tn Or “people.”
8	tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23–24.