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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

( 1 Chronicles 21:12 ).—( JERUSALEM .) Preachers and hearers. "Now advise [know], and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me." The intercourse of the prophet with the king, especially his language at the close of the first interview, is suggestive of— I. THE VOCATION OF THE PREACHER of the gospel. 1 . Every true preacher is sent forth by God. 2 . He is put in trust with the Word of God, and is sent to proclaim it to others, as his messenger and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

Pressing for an answer to God's message. "Advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me." These words of Gad to David might well be addressed by religious teachers, and especially ministers of the gospel, to those whom they instruct. Notice— I. GOD 'S MESSENGERS . "Him that sent me." 1 . True ministers of Christ are God's messengers. Their office is not a human invention. They are not mere lecturers, who may choose their own themes and aims; not mere... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

Let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah. David had sinned against God, and to God he humbly submitted himself. There would thus be nothing to come between the soul and God, and prevent the chastisement from having its due effect upon the heart. A famine would indeed equally come from God, but would necessitate effort and exertion on man's part. In the pestilence he would wait patiently, nor look to anything but prayer for averting God's judgment. In Psalms 51:1 David refers to God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

( 1 Chronicles 21:13 ).—( THE KING 'S PALACE .) Submission to Divine chastisement. "Let us now fall into the hand of Jehovah." Already David had been convinced of his sin. He had also confessed it and sought forgiveness. Nor had he done so in vain. But, as formerly ( 2 Samuel 12:10-12 ), so now, the (temporal) penalties of sin must follow. Throughout he exhibited a spirit the exact reverse of that in which he had numbered. the people. Consider— I. THE CHASTISEMENT OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

God's treatment preferred to man's. David had good reasons for the choice he made. He knew well, from his own treatment of defeated enemies ( 2 Samuel 12:31 ; 1 Chronicles 20:3 ), how fearfully cruel were conquerors in war in those days, what an awful scourge to his subjects would be the ravages of a victorious invading army. He also doubtless dreaded the disgrace and permanent damage to the kingdom which would be thus wrought, and the dishonour, in the view of the heathen, which would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15

Even to the time appointed. This rendering, though very uncertain, is retained in the Revised Version. It would mean, of course, the end of the third day, as the pestilence was to last for that time. The objections to it are that there is no article in the Hebrew, so that literally it would be "unto a time appointed." Secondly, the pestilence did not continue unto the time appointed, but was mercifully stayed. And thirdly, these words are a literal translation, indeed, of the Vulgate, but a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15-16

( 1 Chronicles 21:14 , 1 Chronicles 21:15 ).—( JERUSALEM .) Pestilence. Pestilence, even more than famine and war, was regarded by David as directly inflicted by the hand of God. How far, in this instance, it occurred in connection with secondary causes is unknown. But doubtless, ordinarily, it depends on such causes; the crowding together of great numbers of people, the accumulation of filth, the state of the atmosphere, the susceptibilities of the persons affected by it. "The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:13

Compare Ezekiel 14:13-21. The “seven” years of famine correspond with the “seven” years of famine in Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, and with the same number of years in 2 Kings 8:1. But in Chronicles, it is “three years,” which agrees better with the “three” months and “three” days. The whole passage is amplified in Chronicles, which has less the aspect of an original text than this. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:15

The time appointed - Perhaps “the time of the assembly,” meaning the time of the evening sacrifice, at three o’clock, when the people assembled for prayer, more commonly described as “the time of the evening oblation” Daniel 9:21; 1Ki 18:29, 1 Kings 18:36; Acts 3:1; Luke 1:10.Seventy thousand - It is the most destructive plague recorded as having fallen upon the Israelites. In the plague that followed the rebellion of Korah there died 14,700 Numbers 16:49; in the plague, on account of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:11-13

2 Samuel 24:11-13. For when David was up in the morning The words thus translated give the reader to apprehend that David’s penitence was caused by Gad’s threat, which certainly was not the case. He was made sensible of his sin and made sorry for it before Gad came to him. They should here be rendered, And when David was up, &c., David’s seer Gad is so called because he was David’s domestic prophet, by whom he consulted God in difficult cases, and received his directions and commands.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:11-13

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