1 Chronicles 21:3

21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 1  a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” 2 

1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 3  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 4  that cost me nothing. 5 

1 tn Or “people.”

2 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.

3 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

4 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

5 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”