1 Chronicles 21:7 “This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.”

1 Chronicles 21:7

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

World English Bible

God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

American Standard Version

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.

Darby Translation

And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,

Bible in Basic English

And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

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Cross references

“And God was displeased with this thing”

2 Samuel 11:27 1 Kings 15:5

2 Samuel 11:27 · BSB

And 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 in the sight of the LORD.

1 Kings 15:5 · BSB

For 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 Uriah the Hittite.

“he smote”

1 Chronicles 21:14 Joshua 7:1 Joshua 7:5 Joshua 7:13 Joshua 22:16–26 2 Samuel 21:1

1 Chronicles 21:14 · BSB

So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

Joshua 7:1 · BSB

The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the…

Joshua 7:5 · BSB

And 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 melted and became like water.

Joshua 7:13 · BSB

Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against yo…

Joshua 22:16–26 · BSB

“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might r…

2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites…

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

In context

6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

8Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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