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2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

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ASV

And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

KJV

And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יוֹאָ֜בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְיוֹסֵ֣ףve.yo.Sefand may he addH3254 →
יְהוָה֩Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
כָּהֵ֤ם׀ka.Hemlike them
וְכָהֵם֙ve.kha.Hemand like <the> them
מֵאָ֣הme.'Aha hundredH3967 →
פְעָמִ֔יםfe.'a.MimtimesH6471 →
וְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.Neiand [the] eyes ofH5869 →
אֲדֹנִֽי־'a.do.ni-lord myH113 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
רֹא֑וֹתro.'ot[are] seeing [it]H7200 →
וַאדֹנִ֣יva.do.Niand lord myH113 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
חָפֵ֖ץcha.Fetzdoes he delightH2654 →
בַּדָּבָ֥רba.da.Varin the thingH1697 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Deuteronomy 1:11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.2 Samuel 10:12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.1 Chronicles 21:3–4But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”Isaiah 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.2 Chronicles 24:6So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”1 Kings 1:37Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”Jonah 1:10Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.2 Samuel 24:21“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”1 Kings 1:48saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”

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The Plague of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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