2 Samuel 24:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. ”

2 Samuel 24:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel - This sentence is the heading of the whole chapter, which goes on to describe the sin which kindled this anger, namely, the numbering o...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (a) again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and (b) he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (a) Before they were plagued with famine, ( 2 Samuel 21:1 )....
2 Samuel 24:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 24. The Census (J). ( Cf. p. 292.) This event also may belong to the beginning of David's reign over all Israel. 2 Samuel 24:1-9 . Here is another illustration of the imperfect recog...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And again. The history in this chapter precedes 2 Samuel 23 , by Figure of speech Hysterologia (App-6). See note on 23. i. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. He moved-He suffered him to be move...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. He moved David against them - God could not be angry with David for nu...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He moved David against them, to say, Go, number— This verse may be rendered thus, And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; for he moved David, or, David was moved against them...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he m...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Again ] This refers to the former occasion mentioned in 2 Samuel 21 . He moved ] Chronicles states that 'Satan.. provoked David.' The older account does not enter into the distinction between what...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Kindled against Israel. — This was not in consequence of the numbering of the people, but in consequence of that which ultimately led to that act. We are not told why the anger of the Lord was kind...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL. 2 Samuel 24:1-25 THOUGH David's life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Proud Heart Humbled 2 Samuel 24:1-14 The sin of numbering the people lay in its motive. David was animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a fine showing among the...
2 Samuel 24:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book closes with one other picture, reminding us of the direct government of the people by God in that He visited the king and the nation with punishment for numbering the people. It has been ob...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS We have, in this chapter, a part of David's history, the date of which is not certain. He is here in a state of trespassing against the Lord, by numbering the people. The prophet Gad is sen...
2 Samuel 24:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A FATAL BLUNDER ‘And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.’ 2 Samuel 24:1 We do not see immediately upo...
2 Samuel 24:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel ,.... It had been kindled, and appeared before in sending a three years' famine among them for Saul's ill usage of the Gibeonites, 2 Samue...
2 Samuel 24:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Ver. 1. And again the anger of the Lord. ] Again, after the late th...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And again After the former tokens of his anger, such as the three years' famine, mentioned chap. 21. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel For their sins, and on account of the followi...
2 Samuel 24:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The reason for God's anger burning against Israel (v.1) is not told us: if there is no public occasion for it, then it must be due to the moral and spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People Numbered. B. C. 1017. 1 And again the anger of the L ORD was kindled against...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 24 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people; who are thirteen hundred thousand fighting men, 2 Samuel 24:1-9 . David acknowledgeth his sin in it: having three...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 . “ Again ,” Evidently referring to the famine mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1-14 . “ Israel .” Some special national guilt not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers supp...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 We do not see immediately upon its being mentioned how it was wrong for David to number the people; that is, in the modern phrase, to take a census of the population. We have a censu...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:1 . The Lord moved David. He permitted Satan to stand up against Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1 . 2 Samuel 24:9 . There were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the s...
2 Samuel 24:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go, number Israel and Judah. David numbering the people I. The sin committed by David. It is possible that David dwelt with satisfaction upon the thought of his ample resources and numerous arm...
2 Samuel 24:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 24:1 And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. It is probable that this chapter once stood in intimate connection with 2 Samuel 21:1-10 ; and that th...
2 Samuel 24:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, as in the former famine, 2 Samuel 21:1-14 , and He moved David against them, namely, the members of the nation, by giving Satan leeway t...
2 Samuel 24:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 27:23 ; 1 Chronicles 27:24 ; 1 Kings 22:20-23 ; 1 Samuel 26:19 ; 2 Samuel 12:11 ; 2 Samuel 16:10 ; 2 Samuel 21:1-14 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ; Acts 4:28 ; Exodus 7:3 ; Ezekiel 1...

2 Samuel 24:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 24:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 24:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 24:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 24:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 24:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge