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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:14-17

(14-17) The Pestilence. read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:15

(15) And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it.—The reading of Samuel is probably right, “And the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it.” The verb is the same word in each, and the word “God” in our text is substituted for “Jehovah,” which, again, is a misreading of part of the Hebrew of Samuel (yâdô ha), the first word meaning his hand, and the second being the definite article belonging to “angel.”To destroy.—A different voice of the same verb as in Samuel.And... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:16

(16) This verse is not read in Samuel, which, however, mentions the essential fact that David “saw the angel that smote the people” (2 Samuel 24:17). There is nothing in the style to suggest suspicion of a later hand; and it is as likely that the compiler of Samuel has abridged the original account as that the chronicler has embellished it.Having a drawn sword in his hand.—Comp. Numbers 22:23, where the same phrase occurs. Literally, and his sword drawn in his hand.Stretched out.—See Isaiah... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:17

(17) And David said unto God.—Sam., “Jehovah.” Samuel adds, “when he saw the angel that smote the people” (see our 1 Chronicles 21:16); “and he said.”Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered?—Literally, to number the people. In Samuel these words are wanting. They may have been added by the chronicler for the sake of clearness. “though they may also have formed part of the original narrative.Even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed.—Samuel reads, “Lo, I” (different... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:18

(18) Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David.—Rather, Now the angel had told Gad to tell David. In Samuel, the mediation of the angel is not mentioned. There we read, “And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up,” &c. No doubt it is only in the later prophetical books of the Canon that angels are introduced as the medium of communication between God and His prophets. (See Daniel 8:16, ix, 21; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 1:12, &c.; but comp. Judges 6:11; Judges... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:18-27

(18-27) The purchase of Ornan’s threshingfloor as a place of sacrifice. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

David's Census 1 Chronicles 21:2 What was it that made David's deed ungodly? The answer is that David's act was a grievous forgetfulness of, and departure from, God's purpose (an act in which the people acquiesced with their king). He appears to have been moved by the hope that he should find the people big enough to cope with the nations around them on their own ground. And the people themselves would appear to have shared David's pride and ambition. Once they were a horde of freshly... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

SATAN"And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah." 2 Samuel 24:1"And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel."- 1 Chronicles 21:1"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God for God cannot be tempted with evil, and He Himself tempteth no man: but each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed."- James 1:13-14THE census of David is found both in the book... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

10. The Numbering of the People and the Punishment CHAPTER 21 1. David’s failure in numbering the people (1 Chronicles 21:1-7 ) 2. David’s confession and the message of God (1 Chronicles 21:8-12 ) 3. David’s answer and the punishment (1 Chronicles 21:13-17 ) 4. The altar in the threshing floor of Ornan (1 Chronicles 21:18-30 ) On the alleged discrepancy between the statement in 2 Samuel 24:1 “And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved (literal: He... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and {f} as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he {g} repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.(f) Read 2 Samuel 24:16.(g) When God draws back his plagues, he seems to repent, read Genesis 6:6. read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:14-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 21:18-27

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:1-30

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:15

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