2 Samuel 24:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. ”

2 Samuel 24:14 - 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 24:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mercies . compassions. great . manifold. man . Hebrew. 'adatn . App-14.
2 Samuel 24:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 328 DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE 2 Samuel 24:11-15 . When David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and say unto David, Thus...
2 Samuel 24:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. I am in a great strait: let us fall...
2 Samuel 24:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. David said ... I am in a great...
2 Samuel 24:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Numbering of the People, and its Penalty In punishment for David's sin in numbering the people, God sends a pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the plague, David e...
2 Samuel 24:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord. Here the spirit of David in his earlier years reappears; he chooses that form of punishment which seems to him most directly and immediately dependent upo...
2 Samuel 24:14 - 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 24:14 - 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 24:14 - 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 24:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. (15) So the LORD sent a pestilenc...
2 Samuel 24:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait ,.... Not knowing well which to choose, each of them being so grievous, and an answer being to be returned immediately; but by his next words, and by...
2 Samuel 24:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. Ver. 14. I am in a great strait....
2 Samuel 24:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord Let us receive punishment from his immediate stroke, that is, by famine or pestilence, but chiefly by the latter. For though the sword and the famine be al...
2 Samuel 24:14 - 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 24:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Numbering of the People Punished. B. C. 1017. 10 And David's heart smote him after...
2 Samuel 24:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into the hand of the Lord, to wit, his immediate stroke, which is chiefly in the pestilence; for though the sword and famine be also God's hand, yet there is also the hand of man or other creatures...
2 Samuel 24:14 - 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 24:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 Consider: I. The different effects produced by the fear of God and the fear of man in the case of sorrow for sin in ourselves. (1) The fear of man leads directly to concealment, an...
2 Samuel 24:14 - 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 24:14 - 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 24:14 - 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 24:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Pestilence
2 Samuel 24:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:13 ; 1 Samuel 13:6 ; 2 Chronicles 28:5-9 ; 2 Kings 13:3-7 ; 2 Kings 6:15 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 47:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; John 12:27 ; Jonah 4:2 ; Micah 7:18 ; P...

2 Samuel 24:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 24:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Samuel 24:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 24:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 24:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 24:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 24:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 24:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge