Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:13
(13) And David said.—Almost identical with Samuel. “Let me fall” looks like an improvement of Samuel, “Let us fall.” The word “very” (not in Sam.) is perhaps an accidental repetition from the Hebrew of I am in a great strait.Let me not fall.—Samuel has a precative form of the same verb (’eppôlâh; here ’eppôl).David confesses inability to choose. So much only is clear to him, that it is better to be dependent on the compassion of God than of man; and thus, by implication he decides against the... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:7-13
(7-13) The Divine wrath, declared by Gad the seer. read more