Did the LORD or Satan incite David to take a census of Israel?

2 Samuel 24:1, "Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, 'Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.' "

1 Chronicles 21:1, "Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel."

According to 2 Samuel chapter 24, the anger of the LORD burned against Israel and he incited David to take a census of Israel and Judah, however, according to the same account in 1 Chronicles chapter 21:1, it was Satan who rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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