Joab warns of guilt

The Census, the Plague, and Ornan’s Altar · 1 Chronicles 21

Story guide: Joab objects that David’s command will bring guilt upon Israel. Unspecified appearances and settings provide contextual imagery; Scripture remains the source.

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3But Joab said, “May Yahweh add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not all, my lord the king, servants of my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why should it become guilt for Israel?”

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