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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

The Book closes with one other picture, reminding us of the direct government of the people by God in that He visited the king and the nation with punishment for numbering the people. It has been objected that there was nothing sinful in taking a census, seeing that it had been done before in the history of the people by the direct command of God. But in that very fact lay the contrast between previous numberings and this. They were carried out by the command of God. This was done from a very... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

David Sins By Numbering Israel Resulting In Pestilence From YHWH And A Final Act Of Atonement (2 Samuel 24:1-25 ). The act of numbering the men of Israel would appear to have been seen as an act of rebellion against YHWH. According to 1 Chronicles 27:23-24 YHWH had promised that the number of the children of Israel would be as the stars of the heavens. They were thus not to be numbered arbitrarily (it was permitted in a general way for organisational purposes when mustering to battle but not... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:11-15

YHWH Offers David Three Alternative Chastisements: Famine, War Or Punishment (2 Samuel 24:11-15 ). In response to David’s prayer YHWH offers him a choice from three alternative chastisements, seven years of famine, three months of defeat by an enemy or three days of pestilence. David rejects the central one because he would rather that Israel were in God’s hands rather than man’s, but seemingly leaves YHWH to choose between the other two, and the result was that YHWH sent a three day... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

1 Samuel 24. The Census (J). ( Cf. p. 292.)— This event also may belong to the beginning of David’ s reign over all Israel. 2 Samuel 24:1-1 Samuel : . Here is another illustration of the imperfect recognition of the moral nature of Yahweh in the primitive documents. No one is conscious of sin, yet Yahweh, for some inscrutable, arbitrary reason, is angry with His people. Accordingly, He induces David to commit an obvious sin, so that He may have a justification for punishing Israel. It is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 24:13

Seven years of famine. Object. In 1 Chronicles 21:12, it is only three years of famine. Answ. 1. Some conceive that here was an error in the transcriber, and that the true reading is three years, as the LXX. read it in this place, being supposed to have found it so in their copies, and that otherwise they durst never have presumed to make so great a change in the text. 2. In Chron. he speaks exactly of those years of famine only which came for David’s sin; but here he speaks more confusedly and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

2 Samuel 24:1. “Again,” Evidently referring to the famine mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1-14. “Israel.” Some special national guilt not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers suppose, this occurred in the closing years of David’s life it may be the rebellion under Absalom. “He.” Attempts have been made to translate here impersonally, David was moved, etc.; and in Chronicles the instigation is attributed to Satan. But the grammatical construction will not admit of any other... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 24:11-15

DISCOURSE: 328DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE2 Samuel 24:11-15. When David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Samuel 24:13

famine Scofield "Genesis 12:10". read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

Chapter 24Chapter twenty four,Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, and number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people ( 2 Samuel 24:1-2 ).Now Joab rightfully objected to David from this numbering process. He said, "Why do you need to know how many people... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

2 Samuel 24:1 . The Lord moved David. He permitted Satan to stand up against Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1. 2 Samuel 24:9 . There were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. The men of Israel are in the first of Chronicles said to be eleven hundred thousand, and the men of Judah only four hundred and seventy thousand. Those who attempt to reconcile the difference, suppose that the twenty four thousand monthly... read more