사무엘하 24:15-17 KRV

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:16

The angel. In the next verse we are told that David saw the angel, and more fully in 1 Chronicles 21:16 that he beheld him "standing between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand." The pestilence plainly was not a natural visitation; though possibly the means used was a simoom, or poisonous wind, advancing with terrible rapidity throughout Israel. The Lord repented. In all the dealings of God's providence, his actions are made to depend upon human conduct. Looked at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17

I have done wickedly; Hebrew, I have done perversely, or crookedly. David acknowledges that his conduct had not been upright and straightforward, but that he had turned aside into the paths of self-will and personal aggrandizement. These sheep, what have they done? The sin had been quite as much that of the people as of the king; for the war lust had entered into the very heart of the nation. But David, with that warmth of feeling which makes his character so noble, can see only his own... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17-19

( 1 Chronicles 21:16-19 ).—( ZION .) Self-devotion. "These sheep, what have they done?" etc. ( 2 Samuel 24:17 ). As through one man many suffer, so through one man many are delivered from suffering and greatly benefited. This is especially the case when, like David, he is their head and representative, the shepherd of the flock of God ( 2 Samuel 24:17 ; 2 Samuel 5:2 ). His numbering the people in a spirit of self-exaltation was the occasion (not the cause, 2 Samuel 24:1 ) of... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:17

Compare the passage in Chronicles. The account here is abridged; and 2 Samuel 24:18 has the appearance of being the original statement. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:15

2 Samuel 24:15. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel The event immediately answered to the choice; a plague instantly ensued. From the morning even to the time appointed From that morning, in which Gad came to David, to the third day, the time appointed by God for the continuance of the plague. But not to the conclusion of that day, for we learn from the next verse that God, moved by the repentance of the king and his subjects, commanded the destroying angel to stay his hand, which... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:16

2 Samuel 24:16. The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem Which he had begun to smite, and in which he was proceeding to make a far greater slaughter. This angel appeared in the shape of a man, with a sword drawn in his hand, to convince the people more fully that this was no natural plague, but one inflicted by the immediate hand of God. The Lord repented him of the evil That is, he in part recalled his sentence of the plague’s continuance for three whole days; and this he did upon... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:17

2 Samuel 24:17. These sheep, what have they done? What? They have done many things amiss. Their rebellions and other vices had been many, and it was for their own sins, as well as for David’s, that this heavy judgment now befell them. The king, however, as became a penitent, is severe on his own faults, while he extenuates theirs. Let thy hand be against me Herein David shows his piety and fatherly care of his people, and that he was a type of Christ; and against my father’s house My... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

The census and its outcome (24:1-25)Israel’s increasing power and prosperity under David may have given David and his people feelings of self-praise, as if they, and not God, had been the cause of this growth. God saw that the time had come to awaken Israel to this sin. Therefore, God allowed Satan to suggest to David that he take a census of the people. David’s pride in his growing nation was apparently what made the suggestion seem such a good idea, but God was going to use the event to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17-19

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

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