2 Samuel 24:8

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

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

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

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

The Census and the Pestilence 2 Samuel 24:0 THE chapter opens: "And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah." In another part of the record it is said that "Satan" tempted David to number the people ( 1Ch 21:1 ). In this chapter it is explicitly said that the Lord "moved David," saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah." Can there be evil in the city and the Lord not have done it? How many Lords are there? In... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:3-9

(3) And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? (4) Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. (5) And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:8

Land. Yet they did not number the Levites or Benjamin, nor even the rest exactly, as Joab acted with reluctance, 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 6., and xxvii. 24. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-9

1-9 For the people's sin David was left to act wrong, and in his chastisement they received punishment. This example throws light upon God's government of the world, and furnishes a useful lesson. The pride of David's heart, was his sin in numbering of the people. He thought thereby to appear the more formidable, trusting in an arm of flesh more than he should have done, and though he had written so much of trusting in God only. God judges not of sin as we do. What appears to us harmless, or,... read more

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