1 Chronicles 21:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. ”

• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. So the Lord ...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  David's numbering of the People and his Punishment This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 24 , but includes a few additions: see 1 Chronicles 21:6 ; 1 Chronicles 21:26 .

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel. — So Samuel. The rest of our verse is abridged. From Samuel we learn that the plague raged throughout the land from dawn to the time of the evening sacrific...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I refer the Reader to the account as given in the book of Samuel, as also to the Commentary upon it. The relation of this transaction is so similar, that I do not think it necessary to swell the subj...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  See Gill "1Ch 21:1".

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There fell of Israel He was proud of the number of his people, but God took a course to make them fewer. Justly is that which we are proud of taken from us, or imbittered to us.

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  David's Numbering the People. B. C. 1017.       7 And God was displeased with this thing; th...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  May the Lord instruct us while we read. Perhaps We shall understand it better if we begin in the 21 st chapter at the 26 th verse. 1 Chronicles 21:26-27 . And David built there an altar unto the L...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  David's Sin and its Consequences

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 6:19 ; 2 Kings 19:35 ; 2 Samuel 24:15 ; Exodus 12:30 ; Numbers 16:46-49 ; Numbers 25:9

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• 1 Chronicles 21:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  There fell, &c. — He was proud of the number of his people, but God took a course to make them fewer. Justly is that we are proud of so, taken from us, or embittered to us.

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