2 Samuel 24:3

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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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Key themes

Justice and mercyDavidic covenantSin and judgmentMercy

Read with

2 Samuel 24:1 2 Samuel 24:2 Micah 6:8 Amos 5:24

Glossary

Joab Person: Jehovah is his father. (1. ) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign ( 2 Sam. 2:13 ; 10:7 ; 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:15 ).