Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab answered, The LORD 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? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
3. moe ] Cp. 1Ch 14:3, note.
are they not all my lord’s servants? ] Joab foresees some disaster to the people, and asks why David should destroy his own.
why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel? ] Cp. Lev 4:3, “if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people” (R.V.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Or, why will he be, or why should this be, a trespass, or a cause of trespass, or an occasion of punishment, (for Hebrew words signifying sin are oft used to note the punishment of sin,) or a desolation, or a cause of desolation or destruction, (for the verb whence this noun proceeds is oft used in that sense,) to or against Israel? Why wilt thou provoke God by this sin to punish Israel? Thus he speaks, because God commonly punisheth the people for the sins of their rulers, because they are for the most part guilty of their sins in one kind or other; or at least God takes this occasion to punish people for all their sins.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. why will he be a cause oftrespass to Israel?or bring an occasion of punishment onIsrael. In Hebrew, the word “sin” is often usedsynonymously with the punishment of sin. In the course of Providence,the people frequently suffer for the misconduct of their rulers.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
See Gill “1Ch 21:1”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) Answered.Hebrew, said.
The Lord . . . as they be.Literally, Jehovah add upon his people like them an hundred times, an
abridged form of what is read in Samuel.
But, my lord the king, are they not . . .?Instead of this, Samuel records another wish, And may the eyes of my lord the king be seeing, that is, living (Gen. 16:13).
Why then doth my lord require this thing?So Samuel, in slightly different terms: And my lord the king, why desireth he this proposal?
Why will he be (why should he become) a cause of trespass to Israel?Not in Samuel. It is an explanatory addition by the chronicler.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Joab seems to have had a serious thought, that the motive in the mind of David was not right.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 21:3 And Joab answered, 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?
Ver. 3. Why then doth my lord require this thing? ] Or, Delight in this thing? which showeth that David was somewhat tickled and taken with the multitude of his people. See on 2Sa 24:3 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The Lord: 1Ch 19:13, Psa 115:14, Pro 14:28, Isa 26:15, Isa 48:19
why will: Gen 20:9, Exo 32:21, Num 32:9, Num 32:10, 1Sa 2:24, 1Ki 14:16
Reciprocal: Gen 20:16 – thus Deu 1:11 – make you Jos 22:15 – General 1Sa 17:8 – servants to Saul 2Sa 24:3 – General 2Ki 12:7 – Why repair ye
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 21:3. Why will he be Or, why should this be; a cause of trespass Or, an occasion of punishment; (Hebrew words, which signify sin, being often used for the punishment of sin,) to, or against Israel? Why wilt thou provoke God by this sin to punish Israel? He speaks thus because God commonly punishes the people for the sins of their rulers, the people being for the most part guilty of their rulers sins, in one kind or other.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
21:3 And Joab answered, 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 {c} trespass to Israel?
(c) It was a thing indifferent and usual to number the people, but because he did it for ambitious reasons, as though his strength stood in his people, God punished him.