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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">1 Chronicles 21</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">←&nbsp;<a href="1_Chronicles_20" title="1 Chronicles 20">chapter 20</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">chapter 22</a>&nbsp;→</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The complete Hebrew text of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> (1 and 2 Chronicles) in the <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Leningrad Codex</a> (1008 CE).</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>1 Chronicles 21</b> is the twenty-first <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapter</a> of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> in the <a href="Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> or the First Book of Chronicles in the <a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> of the <a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter records the account of David's census, its consequences and the purchase of a site for the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2></div>
<p>This chapter was originally written in the <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew language</a>. It <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">is divided into</a> 30 verses.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3></div>
<p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> are of the <a href="Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a> tradition, which includes the <a href="Aleppo_Codex" title="Aleppo Codex">Aleppo Codex</a> (10th century), and <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Codex Leningradensis</a> (1008).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#21:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 21:1–6</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#30:11" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 30:11–16</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:1–9</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#21:7" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 21:7–13</a>:<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:10" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:10–14</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#21:14" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 21:14–17</a>:<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:15" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:15–17</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#21:18" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 21:18–30</a>:<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:18" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:18–25</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="David’s_military_census_(21:1–6)"> David’s military census (21:1–6)</h2></div>
<p>The Chronicler reinterprets and supplements the account in <a href="2_Samuel_24" title="2 Samuel 24">2 Samuel 24</a>, taking the perspective of <a href="Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a> <a href="Job_1" title="Job 1">chapter 1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of "the anger of the L<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">ORD</span>" (<a href="2_Samuel_24%3A1" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Samuel 24:1">2 Samuel 24:1</a>), the one who persuaded David to carry out a census is "Satan", a Hebrew word which should be translated as "an adversary" rather than a personal name, more likely is the same figure mentioned in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Job#1:6" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Job">Job 1:6</a>ff and <a href="Zechariah_3" title="Zechariah 3">Zechariah 3</a>:1ff.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
David's guilt is pronounced strongly by <a href="Joab" title="Joab">Joab</a> (more than in 2 Samuel 24) as the word 'trespass' (verse 3; NRSV, 'guilt') is used to emphasize David's responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chronicler simply documents the result of the census, excluding the individual stages (due to its insignificance or incomprehensibility) recorded in 2 Samuel 24.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_5">Verse 5</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<ul><li>"1,100,000": the number of able men in the united kingdom of Israel and Judah, of whom 800,000 is reported in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:9" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:9</a>, with the addition of twelve special armies each consisting of 24,000 men, for a total of 288,000, and 12,000 horsemen in chariot cities as well as at Jerusalem (<a href="2_Chronicles_1" title="2 Chronicles 1">2 Chronicles 1</a>:14).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>"470,000": the total of the Judeans. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:9" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:9</a> has 500,000; apparently including 30,000 David's chosen warriors in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#6:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 6:1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_6">Verse 6</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Numbers#1:49" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Numbers">Numbers 1:49</a> forbids to take a military census among the Levites, whereas the tribe of Benjamin was probably excluded because 'the tabernacle resided upon its territory'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judgment_for_David’s_sin_(21:7–13)"> Judgment for David’s sin (21:7–13)</h2></div>
<p>The passage emphasizes on YHWH's disapproval, not David's remorse (as in 2 Samuel 24) because David was persuaded by Satan, so it has the statement 'he struck Israel' forecasting the events reported in verse 14.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_plague_on_Israel_(21:14–17)"> A plague on Israel (21:14–17)</h2></div>
<p>The sin of David resulted in the death of Israelites (verse 14; cf. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#11:17" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 11:17–26</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#12:15" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">12:15–19</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:15" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">24:15</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelman1994201_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESelman1994201-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_14">Verse 14</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>So the Lord sent a plague throughout Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>This sentence is followed in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#24:15" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">2 Samuel 24:15</a> by "from the morning even to the time appointed," so if "the time appointed" means 'the time of the evening sacrifice', then God shortened the three days to a short one day.<sup id="cite_ref-pulpit_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pulpit-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_16">Verse 16</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven with his sword drawn in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, covered in sackcloth, fell on their faces.</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>The Chronicler describes the angel hanging in the air, recalling the descriptions in Numbers 22:31 and Joshua 5:13-15 (cf. also verse 18); furthermore cf. Daniel 8:15; 12:6.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="David_builds_an_altar_(21:18–30)"> David builds an altar (21:18–30)</h2></div>
<p>In verses 21–25, the purchase of Ornan's threshingfloor is patterned after Abraham's purchase of Machpelah's cave (Genesis 23), including the insistence on paying the full price (an expression used only in Genesis 23:9 and verses 22, 24). The 600 silver shekels David pays is more than Abraham's 400 silver shekels for Machpelah's cave, alluding the higher value of temple site than Sarah's burial site (600 is also a multiple of 12, an important number in various ways in the Chronicles).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
Verses 29–30 explain that because an angel obstructed his way, David had to make sacrifices on Ornan's threshing-floor, instead of at the high place at Gibeon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_18">Verse 18</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. </i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>The command to erect an altar on the threshing-floor of Ornan (the later name for Araunah) was given only by Gad in <a href="2_Samuel_24" title="2 Samuel 24">2 Samuel 24</a>, is clarified in Chronicles as originated from the angel of YHWH.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="David's_Mighty_Warriors" title="David's Mighty Warriors">David's Mighty Warriors</a></li>
<li><a href="Davidic_line" title="Davidic line">House of David</a></li>
<li><a href="Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li>
<li><a href="Zeruiah" title="Zeruiah">Zeruiah</a></li>
<li>Related Bible parts: <a href="Genesis_23" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 23">Genesis 23</a>, <a href="Exodus_30" class="mw-redirect" title="Exodus 30">Exodus 30</a>, <a href="Numbers_23" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbers 23">Numbers 23</a>, <a href="2_Samuel_11" title="2 Samuel 11">2 Samuel 11</a>, <a href="2_Samuel_11" title="2 Samuel 11">2 Samuel 11</a>, <a href="2_Samuel_23" title="2 Samuel 23">2 Samuel 23</a>, <a href="2_Samuel_24" title="2 Samuel 24">2 Samuel 24</a>, <a href="Job_1" title="Job 1">Job 1</a>, <a href="Zechariah_3" title="Zechariah 3">Zechariah 3</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The extant <a href="Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> only contains 1 Chronicles 9:27–19:17.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, p.&nbsp;113.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p.&nbsp;268.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007278_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p.&nbsp;278.</span>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFWürthwein1988" class="citation book cs1">Würthwein, Ernst (1988). <i>Der Text des Alten Testaments</i> (2nd&nbsp;ed.). Stuttgart: <a href="Deutsche_Bibelgesellschaft" title="Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft">Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft</a>. p.&nbsp;85. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>3-438-06006-X</bdi>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span>&nbsp;This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>:&nbsp;<cite id="CITEREFHerbermann1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Codex_Sinaiticus" class="extiw external" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a>". <i><a href="Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/bsb/1_chronicles/21.htm">1 Chronicles 21 Berean Study Bible</a>. Biblehub</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007607_Hebrew_Bible_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoogan2007">Coogan 2007</a>, p.&nbsp;607 Hebrew Bible.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.esv.org/1+Chronicles+21:5">1 Chronicles 21:5</a> <a href="English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">ESV</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalvoordZuck20022_Samuel_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWalvoordZuck2002">Walvoord &amp; Zuck 2002</a>, 2 Samuel.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+21:6&amp;version=nkjv">1 Chronicles 21:6</a> <a href="New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESelman1994201-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESelman1994201_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSelman1994">Selman 1994</a>, p.&nbsp;201.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-pulpit-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pulpit_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/21.htm">On "1 Chronicles 21".</a> In: <i>The <a href="Pulpit_Commentary" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit Commentary</a></i>. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. Accessed 24 April 2019.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+21:16&amp;version=mev">1 Chronicles 21:16</a> MEV</span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16541">Divrei Hayamim I - I Chronicles - Chapter 21 (Judaica Press)</a> translation [with <a href="Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=1+Chronicles+21"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=13&amp;chapter=21&amp;version=9">First Book of Chronicles Chapter 21. Bible Gateway</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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</style><div id="First_Book_of_Chronicles147" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">First Book of Chronicles</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="1_Chronicles_1" title="1 Chronicles 1">1 Chronicles 1</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_2" title="1 Chronicles 2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_3" title="1 Chronicles 3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_4" title="1 Chronicles 4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_5" title="1 Chronicles 5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_6" title="1 Chronicles 6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_7" title="1 Chronicles 7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_8" title="1 Chronicles 8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_9" title="1 Chronicles 9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_10" title="1 Chronicles 10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_11" title="1 Chronicles 11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_12" title="1 Chronicles 12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_13" title="1 Chronicles 13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_14" title="1 Chronicles 14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_15" title="1 Chronicles 15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_16" title="1 Chronicles 16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_17" title="1 Chronicles 17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_18" title="1 Chronicles 18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_19" title="1 Chronicles 19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_20" title="1 Chronicles 20">20</a></li>

<li><a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_23" title="1 Chronicles 23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_24" title="1 Chronicles 24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_25" title="1 Chronicles 25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_26" title="1 Chronicles 26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_27" title="1 Chronicles 27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_28" title="1 Chronicles 28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_29" title="1 Chronicles 29">29</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammon</a></li>
<li><a href="Aram_(region)" title="Aram (region)">Aram</a></li>
<li><a href="Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a></li>
<li><a href="Bethel" title="Bethel">Bethel</a></li>
<li><a href="City_of_David_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of David (historic)">City of David</a></li>
<li><a href="Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a></li>
<li><a href="Edom" title="Edom">Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Ekron" title="Ekron">Ekron</a></li>
<li><a href="Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li>
<li><a href="Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a></li>
<li><a href="Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li>
<li><a href="Lachish" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachish">Lachish</a></li>
<li><a href="Moab" title="Moab">Moab</a></li>
<li><a href="Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramoth-Gilead" title="Ramoth-Gilead">Ramoth-Gilead</a></li>
<li><a href="Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li>
<li><a href="Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Sea of the Arabah</a></li>
<li><a href="Ziklag" title="Ziklag">Ziklag</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Persons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Genealogies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> (<a href="List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Priests of Israel">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> (<a href="Abraham's_family_tree" title="Abraham's family tree">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="David" title="David">David</a> (<a href="Davidic_line" title="Davidic line">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Jesse_(biblical_figure)" title="Jesse (biblical figure)">Jesse</a> (<a href="Tree_of_Jesse" title="Tree of Jesse">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a> (<a href="House_of_Saul" title="House of Saul">genealogy</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="David's_Mighty_Warriors" title="David's Mighty Warriors">David's Mighty Warriors</a></li>
<li><a href="High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="High Priests of Israel">High Priests of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Kings_of_Israel_and_Judah" title="Kings of Israel and Judah">Kings of Israel and Judah</a></li>
<li><a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a></li>
<li><a href="Priestly_divisions" title="Priestly divisions">Priestly divisions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prominent people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a></li>
<li><a href="Abishai_(biblical_figure)" title="Abishai (biblical figure)">Abishai</a></li>
<li><a href="Asaph_(biblical_figure)" title="Asaph (biblical figure)">Asaph</a></li>
<li><a href="Heman_the_Ezrahite" title="Heman the Ezrahite">Heman</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeduthun" title="Jeduthun">Jeduthun</a></li>
<li><a href="Joab" title="Joab">Joab</a></li>
<li><a href="Obed-Edom" title="Obed-Edom">Obed-Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li>
<li><a href="Uzzah" title="Uzzah">Uzza</a></li>
<li><a href="Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prophets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gad_(prophet)" title="Gad (prophet)">Gad</a></li>
<li><a href="Nathan_(prophet)" title="Nathan (prophet)">Nathan</a></li>
<li><a href="Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers outside Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hanun" title="Hanun">Hanun</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiram_I" title="Hiram I">Hiram</a></li>
<li><a href="Nahash_of_Ammon" title="Nahash of Ammon">Nahash</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases/events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon's_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li>
<li><a href="Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Authorship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">The Chronicler</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:he:דברי הימים א ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%27" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Α'">Septuagint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/1 Chronicles">Wycliffe Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/1 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/1 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul>
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