2 Samuel 24:3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold , and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Joab said unto the king,.... Not so rudely and insolently as he did on account of his mourning for Absalom, but in a more modest, decent, and polite manner:
now the Lord thy God add unto the…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Joab said unto the king - This very bad man saw that the measure now recommended by the king was a wrong one, and might be ruinous to the people, and therefore he remonstrates against it in a very…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
theLord thy God add, &c. Cp. Deu 1:11.
and that the eyes, &c. That is, may it happen in the king's life-time.
why doth my lord, &c. "Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?" is the further…
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