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Satan moves David, and David tells Joab and the princes of the people to count Israel

사단이 다윗을 격동하고 다윗이 요압과 백성의 두목에게 이스라엘을 계수하라고 말함

1 Chronicles 21:1–6: the text says, “Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.” David says to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.” Joab says, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?” The text goes on, “Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem. Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword. But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.” The Korean Revised Version names no one who gave the sum at 21:5 (백성의 수효를 다윗에게 고하니, gave the number of the people to David), and at 21:6 names Joab as the one who did not count Levi and Benjamin (요압이 왕의 명령을 밉게 여겨, Joab, finding the king’s command hateful); it reads 이스라엘 땅에 두루 다닌 후에 (after going throughout the land of Israel) at 21:4, and at 21:3 puts Joab’s last question to the king himself (어찌하여 이스라엘로 죄가 있게 하시나이까).

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1CH 21:1–6, engwebp
¹Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
²David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”
³Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
⁴Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.
⁵Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
⁶But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
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David — Took part in — Satan moves David, and David tells Joab and the princes of the people to count Israel

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 21:1–6
Joab — Took part in — Satan moves David, and David tells Joab and the princes of the people to count Israel

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 21:1–6

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Entry: Satan moves David, and David tells Joab and the princes of the people to count Israel (event-1ch-21-satan-moves-david-to-number-israel)
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Current wording: 1 Chronicles 21:1–6: the text says, “Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.” David says to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.” Joab says, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?” The text goes on, “Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem. Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword. But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.” The Korean Revised Version names no one who gave the sum at 21:5 (백성의 수효를 다윗에게 고하니, gave the number of the people to David), and at 21:6 names Joab as the one who did not count Levi and Benjamin (요압이 왕의 명령을 밉게 여겨, Joab, finding the king’s command hateful); it reads 이스라엘 땅에 두루 다닌 후에 (after going throughout the land of Israel) at 21:4, and at 21:3 puts Joab’s last question to the king himself (어찌하여 이스라엘로 죄가 있게 하시나이까).
Cited evidence: 1CH 21:1–6, engwebp
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