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NASB | 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan [the adversary] stood up against Israel and incited David to count [the population of] Israel. |
Bible Question: in 2 sam 24-1 you use the word (it) but the niv,uses the word (he) can you explain why, pliese |
Bible Answer: Hi adonijah, I don't know Hebrew so I can't tell you why the NIV and NKJ chose "he" and "He" using that knowledge as the basis for the answer. But I can tell you why I would choose "it" from the comparison of scriptures. 1 Chronicles 21:1 says, "Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel." So you see, it wasn't He who incited David but rather Satan. It would appear that Satan used the anger of the Lord that David was aware of to accuse all of the people and in a sense number them all as transgressors. 1 Chron 21:3, "And Joab said, "May the Lord add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?" So you see that it wasn't up to David to judge and accuse God's people or even his own servants. Why should he be accusing them? It was wrong, David repented of it, paid the price for it, and the plague was stopped. It is interesting to compare the census counts of the two accounts. The Lord didn't add a hundred times as many as there were, but the counts appear to be different. Census counting appears to be difficult, especially if the reason is one of accusation?:) But there was no doubt about the dead for they were easier to count, I dare say. From the heart, Ray |
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