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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

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 24:13

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

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 24:11-13

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:14

2 Samuel 24:14 . Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord Let us receive punishment from his immediate stroke, that is, by famine or pestilence, but chiefly by the latter. For though the sword and the famine be also from God’s hand, yet there is also the hand of man, or other creatures, in them. The reason of this choice was partly his confidence in God’s great goodness; partly, because the other judgments, especially the sword, would have been more dishonourable, not only to David, but... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:15

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 24:13

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 24:11-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:14

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