2 Samuel 24:11, 2 Samuel 24:13 BDS

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 24:11

2 Samuel 24:11. For when David— There is an error here in our translation, which gives us to apprehend that David's penitence was the effect of Gad's threat: for, says the text, when David was up, whereas the word which is translated for, should be rendered and; it being not a casual, but a connective particle. Houbigant renders it deinde, afterwards. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 24:10-14

2. David’s confession of his guilt 24:10-14Apparently the census was complete, as complete as Joab took it, before David acknowledged that he had sinned. Finally guilt for his pride penetrated his conscience, and he confessed his sin and asked God for forgiveness (2 Samuel 24:10). This response shows David at his best, as "the man after God’s own heart." God graciously gave the king some choice about how He would punish the nation (2 Samuel 24:13). This may be the only instance in Scripture... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

The Numbering of the People, and its PenaltyIn punishment for David’s sin in numbering the people, God sends a pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the plague, David erects an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.1. Again] This refers to the former occasion mentioned in 2 Samuel 21. He moved] Chronicles states that ’Satan.. provoked David.’ The older account does not enter into the distinction between what God permits and what God causes. This... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 24:11

(1l) For when David.—Read, and when. There is no suggestion in the original, as seems to be implied in the English, that David’s repentance was in consequence of the visit of Gad; on the contrary, it was in consequence of his repentance and confession that the prophet was sent to him.The prophet Gad.—This prophet has not been mentioned since his warning to David to return from the land of Moab (1 Samuel 22:5); but he had probably been all along one of David’s counsellors. From 1 Chronicles... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

Let Me Fall Into the Hands of the Lord 2 Samuel 24:14 I. 'I am in a great strait.' How often we have all of us had to say that! Sometimes by our own sin, as David now; sometimes only by our own misfortune. But to whom did David say it? for that makes all the difference as to whether he said it wisely or foolishly. He asked the question of Gad, God's prophet; but mark you, David's seer, as it says also the man who was the Lord's ambassador to David, and the man who also knew David best. We have... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

CHAPTER XXXII.THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL.2 Samuel 24:1-25THOUGH David’s life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences was committed when he was old and grey-headed. There can be little doubt that what is recorded in this chapter took place toward the close of his life; the word "again" at the beginning indicates that it was later in time than the event which gave rise to the last expression of God’s displeasure to the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-24

4. David’s Failure: the Altar on the Threshing Floor of Araunah CHAPTER 24 1. The numbering of the people (2 Samuel 24:1-9 ) 2. The sin acknowledged and Gad’s message (2 Samuel 24:10-14 ) 3. The pestilence (2 Samuel 24:15-17 ) 4. The altar on the threshing floor of Araunah (2 Samuel 24:18-25 ) The final chapter of the books of Samuel is of much interest and importance. “And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 24:11

24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s {f} seer, saying,(f) Whom God had appointed for David and his time. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

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 spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that condition was represented in the pride that led David to desire to have Israel numbered. The nation had grown from a small people of no significance in the world's eyes into a strong empire. Had this humbled the people in thankfulness for the grace of God in so blessing them? Apparently not. We... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

MINGLED EXPERIENCES THE GRATEFUL RETROSPECT (2 Samuel 22:0 ) The title of this section is that which Spurgeon gives the psalm which constitutes it. The psalm is numbered 18 in the book of Psalms, and will be found to contain variations in the text. A common explanation of these is that David sung it, or caused it to be sung, often, and hence revised it for final use in the tabernacle. The second and forty-ninth verses of the psalm are quoted in the New Testament as the words of Jesus Christ... read more