am 2987, bc 1017, An, Ex, Is, 474
Satan: 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Kings 22:20-22; Job 1:6-12, Job 2:1, Job 2:4-6; Zechariah 3:1; Matthew 4:3; Luke 22:31; John 13:2; Acts 5:3; James 1:13; Revelation 12:10
provoked David: Luke 11:53; Hebrews 10:24
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1 Chronicles 21:1
1 Chronicles 21:1
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