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1 Chronicles 21

1 Chron. 21:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andd Satan
satan (Hebrew #7854)
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
KJV usage: adversary, Satan, withstand.
Pronounce: saw-tawn'
Origin: from 7853
stood up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
e against Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and provoked
cuwth (Hebrew #5496)
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
KJV usage: entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.
Pronounce: sooth
Origin: perhaps denominative from 7898
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
to number
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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2 Sam. 24:1• 1And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 24:1)
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Job 1:6• 6And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them. (Job 1:6)
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Job 2:1• 1And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah. (Job 2:1)
,etc.;
Zech. 3:1• 1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people.
5-8:  The number of the people being brought, David repents of it.
9-13:  David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the pestilence.
14-17:  After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem.
18-27:  David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing- floor; where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favour by fire, and stays the plague.
28-30:  David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel.
A.M. 2987.
B.C. 1017.
An. Ex. Is. 474.
Satan.
2 Sam. 24:1• 1And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 24:1)
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1 Kings 22:20‑22• 20and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner.
 21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.
 22And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so. (1 Kings 22:20‑22)
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Job 1:6‑12• 6And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.
 7And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
 8And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?
 9And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
 10Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land.
 11But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!
 12And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. (Job 1:6‑12)
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Job 2:1,4‑6• 1And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.
 4And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
 5but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!
 6And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life. (Job 2:1,4‑6)
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Zech. 3:1• 1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)
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Matt. 4:3• 3And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread. (Matt. 4:3)
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Luke 22:31• 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat; (Luke 22:31)
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John 13:2• 2And during supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, that he should deliver him up, (John 13:2)
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Acts 5:3• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate? (Acts 5:3)
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James 1:13• 13Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one. (James 1:13)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night: (Rev. 12:10)
provoked David.
Luke 11:53• 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things; (Luke 11:53)
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Heb. 10:24• 24and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works; (Heb. 10:24)
• Let us try to note the very instructive differences between this chapter and 2 Samuel 24. There is much to be gained by minutely comparing the one with the other. (“Numbering the People and Oman's Threshing Floor: 1 Chronicles 21” by H.L. Rossier)
• Here the thought of numbering the people is the result of Satan's direct action against Israel, and not as in 2 Samuel, the result of the Lord's wrath. (“Numbering the People and Oman's Threshing Floor: 1 Chronicles 21” by H.L. Rossier)
• We can therefore say that David's failure was necessary because through it God substituted the rule of grace, with the throne and the altar at Zion for its center, for the rule of law and responsibility, with the tabernacle for its center. (“Numbering the People and Oman's Threshing Floor: 1 Chronicles 21” by H.L. Rossier)
• It was indispensable that our book record David's failure. This failure brings out grace, but at the same time it shows the necessity of judgment, for it is only as righteousness and grace are in accord that the reign of peace can be ushered in. (“Numbering the People and Oman's Threshing Floor: 1 Chronicles 21” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.