2 Samuel 11:15-21; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 20:9; 2 Samuel 3:27; Numbers 1:47-49
To omit the Levites would be to follow the precedent recorded in Numbers 1:47-49 . The omission of Benjamin must he ascribed to a determination on...
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...
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. Levi and Benjamin counted he not - The rabbins give the...
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. Levi and Benjamin counted he not. If this census...
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...
But Levi , etc.] This is not mentioned in 2 S. If the numbering of the people was due to a presumptuous reliance upon material resources, or some sp...
(1-6) The Census.
But Levi ... — This verse is wanting in Samuel, but it probably existed in the original source. There is nothing in the style to suggest a later ha...
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...
There is a difference in the account here given, from that of 2 Samuel 24:9 . Perhaps Levi and Benjamin might not be numbered in the one as in the o...
See Gill "1Ch 21:1".
Levi and Benjamin counted he not Partly for the following reason, and principally by God's gracious providence to Levi, because they were devoted t...
The Giants Subdued. B. C. 1017. 1 And...
Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; partly for the following reason, and principally by God's special and gracious providence to these two...
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...
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 w...
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 21:1 . 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...
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
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them, for the king's word was abominable to Joab. It seems that the tribe of Benjamin would have been the...
Counted not — Partly for the following reason; and principally by God's gracious providence to Levi, because they were devoted to his service; and...
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.