KJV King James Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
WEB World English Bible
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 21
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 24:1-25And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.Zechariah 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.1 Kings 22:20-22And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.Job 2:1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.Job 2:4-6And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], to betray him;Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?Hebrews 10:24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:Job 1:6-12Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.Luke 22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:Luke 11:53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.James 1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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