1 Chronicles 21:1 “Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census o…”

1 Chronicles 21:1

Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to nomber Israel.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,

Bible in Basic English

Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2987. B.C. 1017. Satan”

Zechariah 3:1 1 Kings 22:20–22 Job 2:1 Job 2:4–6 Revelation 12:10 Job 1:6–12

Zechariah 3:1 · BSB

Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

1 Kings 22:20–22 · BSB

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

Job 2:1 · BSB

On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

Job 2:4–6 · BSB

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Revelation 12:10 · BSB

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them…

Job 1:6–12 · BSB

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

“provoked David”

Luke 11:53 Hebrews 10:24

Luke 11:53 · BSB

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

Hebrews 10:24 · BSB

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

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