1 Chronicles 27:23
1 Chronicles · Old Testament · Chapter 27
“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.”1 Chronicles 27:23
What Does 1 Chronicles 27:23 Mean?
1 Chronicles 27:23 is found in the book of 1 Chronicles, chapter 27, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to 1 Chronicles 27:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Samuel 24:1“And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.”Genesis 15:5“And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”Numbers 1:18“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”2 Samuel 24:9“And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.”1 Chronicles 21:2“And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.”Hebrews 11:12“Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.”1 Kings 3:8“And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.”1 Chronicles 21:5“And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.”Genesis 13:16“And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.”Numbers 1:2“Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;”Deuteronomy 1:10“The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.”1 Chronicles 7:2“And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.”Nehemiah 9:23“Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.”Psalms 80:9“Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.”
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