 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 r 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed...  Journal - Page 381by Anthropological Society of Bombay - 1921Full view - About this book
 | George Smith - 1867 - 436 pages
...least, the true solution of the case. "When Joab expostulated with the king on this subject, he said, " Are they not all my lord's servants ? Why then doth my lord require this thing ? " (1 Chron. xxi. 3 ;) evidently meaning that the people were loyal and obedient, and did not need... | |
 | 1871 - 966 pages
...to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. sAnd Joab answered, The LORD make my God : for our iniquities are increased over our...in a great trespass unto this day; and for our ini ? <Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1872 - 232 pages
...evn to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be...thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel ? Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab... | |
 | 1872 - 966 pages
...to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make d in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, ? * Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1872 - 440 pages
...even to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be...thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel ? Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab... | |
 | William Passmore - 1873 - 990 pages
...times j so many more as they he : but, my lord j the king, arf they not all my lord's ser- | vants? ? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout... | |
 | William E. Manley - Bible - 1874 - 512 pages
...bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered. The LoaD make his people a hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants I why then doth my lord require this thing T why will he be a cause of trespass to la4 Nevertheless,... | |
 | Bible - 1877 - 520 pages
...consequences of persevering. Joab, the commander-in-chief of the army, dissuaded the king. " The Lord make His people an hundred times so many more as they be,...not all my Lord's servants ? Why, then, doth my lord the king require this thing, why will he be a cause of mishap to Israel ?" But we read that " Nevertheless... | |
 | Charles John Vaughan - Sermons, English - 1881 - 566 pages
...number them by their armies.' Here even the unprincipled Joab remonstrates against the numbering. 'Why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel ? ' It is not enough then to say that there was pride or vainglory in the spirit and heart of the king.... | |
 | 1882 - 312 pages
...for once, more conscientious than his master. He remonstrated with David, and said : " The Lord make His people an hundred times so many more as they be ... but why doth my lord require this thing ? Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?" We sin in a somewhat... | |
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