2 Samuel 24:2

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 24:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 21:2 , supplies some missing words. This passage should run, as at 2 Samuel 24:4 , “And the king said to Joab and to the princes of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and num...
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 . H...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and n...
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...
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 chastisem...
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 vainglo...
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 pu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ 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) For the k...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him ,.... Or who was with him, even Joab, who was now at court, and was a counse...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and num...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From Dan even to Beer-sheba From one end of the country to the other. For Dan was the utmost bound of it in the north, and Beer-sheba in the south....
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 s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People Numbered. B. C. 1017. 1 And...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which expression points at David's sin in this matter, that he numbered them, not by direction from God, nor for any important business of the church...
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...
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...
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 t...
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 intima...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People Numbered
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the king said to Joab, the captain of the host, which was with him, having held his post as commander-in-chief of the army, Go now through all t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:2 ; 2 Chronicles 32:25 ; 2 Chronicles 32:26 ; 2 Chronicles 32:31 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7 ; 2 Samuel 17:11 ; 2 Samuel 2:13 ; 2 Sa...

² For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 24:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 24:2