1 Samuel 6:19; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Samuel 24:15; Exodus 12:30; Numbers 16:46-49; Numbers 25:9
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...
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. So the Lord ...
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...
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...
(14-17) The Pestilence.
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...
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 th...
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,...
See Gill "1Ch 21:1".
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...
David's Numbering the People. B. C. 1017....
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 ni...
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:...
1 Chronicles 21:7 . And God was displeased with this thing; This numbering of Israel, which David had carried out in spite of Joab's protest: «Go...
1 Chronicles 21:9-11 . And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things...
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 cau...
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 b...
Thus saith the Lord, choose thee. The awful judgments I. Judgments entailed by one man’s sin. II. Judgments easily prepared for execution....
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....
David's Sin and its Consequences
So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
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...
14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.