1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O Lord my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
Note Or I, the shepherd, see 2 Samuel 24:17 DSS and LXX.
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Is it not I.
- 1 Chronicles 21:8; 2 Samuel 24:17; Psalm 51:4; Ezekiel 16:63
- these sheep
- 1 Kings 22:17; Psalm 44:11
- what have
- 2 Samuel 24:1
- let thine
- Genesis 44:33; Exodus 32:32, 33; John 10:11, 12; Romans 9:3; 1 John 3:16
- on my father's
- Exodus 20:5; 2 Samuel 12:10; Psalm 51:14; Isaiah 39:7, 8
- that they should
- Joshua 22:18