2 Samuel 24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it ,.... Which, as it was perhaps the last place where the people were numbered, it was the last to which the plague came: this angel appeared in an human form, standing "between the earth and the heaven"; in the midst of the heaven, in the air, right over Jerusalem: "having a drawn sword in his hand stretched over the city"; as is said in 1 Chronicles 21:16 ; which was done as a menace, and to inject terror into David and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17

And David spake unto the Lord ,.... In prayer; he and the elders of Israel being clothed in sackcloth, and fallen on their faces, he prayed, not unto the angel, but to Jehovah that sent him; see 1 Chronicles 21:16 , when he saw the angel that smote the people ; in the air over Jerusalem, with a drawn sword in his hand, which made him appear terrible: and said, lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly ; in numbering the people: but these sheep, what have they done ? he looked... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad came that day to David ,.... Ordered and directed by the angel of the Lord, 1 Chronicles 21:18 , and said unto him, go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite : it was too far to go to Gibeon, where the tabernacle was, at such a time of extremity, when the sword of the angel was stretched out over Jerusalem, 1 Chronicles 21:29 ; and this was the most proper place, as it was the very spot over and nearest to which the angel was; and was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:19

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. From the place where he was in a lower part of the city to Mount Moriah, on which was the threshing floor, a place fit for winnowing corn when threshed. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:20

And Araunah looked ,.... Peeped up out of the place in which he had hid himself with his four sons, for fear of the angel, and which they saw, 1 Chronicles 21:20 , and saw the king and his servants coming towards him ; he perceived, by the course they steered, that they were coming to him: and Araunah went out ; of the threshingfloor, out of the place where he had hid himself, for he had been threshing wheat, 1 Chronicles 21:20 ; nor was it thought below great personages in those... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:21

And Araunah said, wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant ?.... Which both implies admiration in him, that so great a person should visit him in his threshingfloor; that a king should come to a subject his servant, who should rather have come to him, and would upon the least intimation; it was a piece of condescension he marvelled at; and it expresses a desire to know his pleasure with him, supposing it must be something very urgent and important, that the king should come himself... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:22

And Araunah said unto David, let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him ,.... Build an altar, offer sacrifices of whatsoever he found upon the premises fit for the same, and make use of whatever came to hand proper to perform such service with, as follows: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice : which were employed in treading the corn, hence the law in Deuteronomy 25:4 , and threshing instruments ; not flails, such as are used by us, but wooden... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:23

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king ,.... The note of similitude as is not in the text; from whence some have thought he was king of the Jebusites before Jerusalem was taken out of their hands, or however was of the royal race, perhaps the son and heir of the then king at that time; or he has this title given him, because of his great liberality, having the spirit of a prince in him, even of a king; so Ulysses addressed Antinous, saying, thou art like a king, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:24

And the king said unto Araunah, nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a price ,.... And a full price too, 1 Chronicles 21:24 ; that is, give him as much for it as it was worth: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing ; which shows an ingenuous spirit, and contrary to the temper of many, who like to serve the Lord in the cheapest manner, or with little cost to themselves: so David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:25

And David built there an altar unto the Lord ,.... After he had made the purchase: and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ; the one to expiate the sin or sins committed, the other to give thanks for the intimation given, that the plague would be stayed upon this: so the Lord was entreated for the land ; was pacified and prevailed upon to remove the pestilence from it; which was signified by fire descending upon the altar of burnt offering, which showed the sacrifice was... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:25

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