1 Chronicles 21:7
in 1 Chronicles 21This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
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ASV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
KJV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
displeased with this thing
on 1 Chronicles 21:7-8
God's displeasure falls before any judgment is announced, and Chronicles states it as plainly as Samuel does, the pride of numbering a kingdom that was never David's to count drawing the Lord's own hand. David's confession follows in the same words Samuel records, I have sinned greatly, I have done very foolishly, and Matthew Henry reads the foolishness as the deeper charge, since pride miscounts what only God may number in trust. No cause is yet named for the displeasure; the text lets it stand on its own before Gad brings the three sentences.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The sad dilemma (or trilemma rather) he was brought to, when it was put to him to choose how he would be punished for this sin, and what rod he would be beaten with,
God takes notice of, and is displeased with, the sins of his people; and no sin is more displeasing to him than pride of heart: nor is anything more humbling, and grieving, and mortifying to a gracious soul, than to see itself under God's displeasure.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֙רַע֙ | vaiyera' | and it was displeasing | H7489 → | 107 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַדָּבָ֖ר | hadavar | the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַיַּ֖ךְ | vaiyakh | and he struck | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיֵּ֙רַע֙and it was displeasing
vaiyera'H7489 →107 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַדָּבָ֖רthe matter
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַיַּ֖ךְand he struck
vaiyakhH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:8
I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart,…
- 2 Samuel 11:15–17
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- 1 Kings 14:8
Through
Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people…
it leads to
- Joshua 2:9
and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting…
- Joshua 2:11
When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Leviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
- Joshua 2:9
Through
2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
- Psalms 51:4–5
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- 2 Samuel 12:9
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
