“ And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. ”
As the books of Scripture are arranged in our Version, Satan is here for the first time by name introduced to us. He appears not merely as an “adversary” who seeks to injure man from without, but a...
And (a) Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. (a) He tempted David, in setting before his eyes his excellency and glory, his power and victories, see ( 2 Samuel 24:1 )....
1 Chronicles 21:1 to 1 Chronicles 22:1 The Numbering of the Hosts; the Punishment (see notes on 2 Samuel 24:1-25 ). There are many variations from the corresponding passage in 2 S., and it is...
Satan. See note on 2 Samuel 24:1 . trespass . guilt. See Exodus 30:11-16 . The Tabernacle was erected with the ransom paid for 600,000. The site of the Temple obtained at the cost of 70,000 s...
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And Satan stood up against Israel - See the notes on the parallel place, 2 Samuel 24:1 (note), etc.
Satan stood up— An adversary stood up. Le Clerc. See the note on 2 Samuel 24:1 ; 2 Samuel 24:25 . Bishop Warburton observes (perhaps the reader will think with rather too much refinement) upon...
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Satan stood up against Israel. God, by withdrawing His grace at this time from David, permitted the Tempter to prevail...
Satan ] In 2 Samuel 24:1 the L ord is said to have been angry with Israel, and to have moved David to number the people; for the Hebrews in early times did not hesitate to describe God as prompti...
And Satan stood up against Israel. — Perhaps, And an adversary (hostile influence) arose against Israel. So in 2 Samuel 19:23 the sons of Zeruiah are called “adversaries” (Heb., a Satan ) to...
SATAN "And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah." 2 Samuel 24:1 "And Satan stood up against Israel, and mov...
The cause of David's action in numbering Israel is distinctly stated to be Satan. Therein lies a revelation of its nature. The one sin of Satan is that of pride and ambition, and this was the sin of...
CONTENTS This chapter represents David in a very different point of view from the former. There we beheld him most lovely in his humbleness before the Lord. In this, in a state of transgression, num...
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Ver. 1. And Satan stood up against Israel. ] That is, The devil, as Job 1:6 Psa 109:6 Zechariah 3:1,2 . Satan signifieth an...
Satan stood up against Israel Before the Lord and his tribunal, to accuse David and Israel, and to ask God's permission to tempt David. Standing is the accuser's posture before men's tribunals; a...
The Giants Subdued. B. C. 1017. 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David...
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 21 David numbereth the people, 1 Chronicles 20:1-6 . He repenteth of three judgments propounded, he chooseth the pestilence; and why, 1 Chronicles 21:7-13 . David, by Gad...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The events here given appear in 2 Samuel 24 , where the manner in which the census was taken is fully described, which took Joab nine months and twenty days. This narrative is conde...
1 Chronicles 21:1 . And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Israel had greatly offended and grieved God, and it was to be punished. God punished one sin by another...
1 Chronicles 21:1 . Satan stood up against Israel; that is, the accuser, or calumniator. 1 Chronicles 21:3 . Why will my lord the king be a cause of trespass to Israel? Joab was struck with th...
And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. Under a spell (Compare 2 Peter 1:21 ):-- I. All the world seems to be under a spell or charm; inward influences move m...
EXPOSITION This very important chapter in David's history is the parallel of 2 Samuel 24:1-10 , which contains some details not found here, e.g. the route taken by those who went to number Is...
And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. From the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 24:1 , we learn that this was due to the fact that the Lord at this time withdrew His grace...
1 Kings 22:20-22 ; 2 Samuel 24:1 ; Acts 5:3 ; Hebrews 10:24 ; James 1:13 ; Job 1:6-12 ; Job 2:1 ; Job 2:4-6 ; John 13:2 ; Luke 11:53 ; Luke 22:31 ; Matthew 4:3 ; Revelation 12:10 ; Zech...
Satan stood — Before the Lord and his tribunal to accuse David and Israel, and to beg God's permission to tempt David. Standing is the accusers posture before men's tribunals; and consequently the...