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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 the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 24:1)
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Job 1:6• 6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. (Job 1:6)
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Job 2:1• 1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. (Job 2:1)
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Zech. 3:1• 1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, 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 the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 24:1)
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1 Kings 22:20‑22• 20And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
 21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
 22And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. (1 Kings 22:20‑22)
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Job 1:6‑12• 6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
 7And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
 8And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
 9Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
 10Hast not thou made an 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 increased in the land.
 11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
 12And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. (Job 1:6‑12)
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Job 2:1,4‑6• 1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
 4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
 5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
 6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. (Job 2:1,4‑6)
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Zech. 3:1• 1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)
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Matt. 4:3• 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Matt. 4:3)
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Luke 22:31• 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: (Luke 22:31)
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John 13:2• 2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; (John 13:2)
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Acts 5:3• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? (Acts 5:3)
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James 1:13• 13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: (James 1:13)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:10)
provoked David.
Luke 11:53• 53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: (Luke 11:53)
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Heb. 10:24• 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to 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.