King James Version (KJV)
1 Chronicles 21:7
“And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 21
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And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
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And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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