2 Samuel 24:18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18-25

Here is, I. A command sent to David to erect an altar in the place where he saw the angel, 2 Sam. 24:18. This was to intimate to David, 1. That, upon his repeated submission and humiliation, God was now thoroughly reconciled to him; for, if the Lord had been pleased to kill him, he would not have accepted an offering, and therefore would not have ordered him to build an altar. God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices is a comfortable evidence of his reconciling us to himself.... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:18

Go up , rear an altar unto the Lord - This place is supposed to be Mount Moriah: on which, according to the rabbins, Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices; where Abraham attempted to sacrifice Isaac, and where the temple of Solomon was afterwards built. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:9-19

( 1 Chronicles 21:9-13 , 1 Chronicles 21:18 , 1 Chronicles 21:19 ). The Prophet Gad. "And when David was up in the morning," etc. Gad had formerly given valuable direction to David ( 1 Samuel 22:5 ); and he must have been now far advanced in life. He was "David's seer," or spiritual counsellor; a true prophet of God ( 1 Samuel 2:27 ; 1 Samuel 3:19 ; 2 Samuel 7:3 ); assisted in the arrangements for the temple service ( 1 Chronicles 9:22 ), and (like Samuel and Nathan)... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18

Go up. David probably, on receiving God's message, had gone to the tent which he had pitched for the ark in Zion ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ), in order that he might pray there; and while on his way he saw the dark plague cloud coming as the messenger of God's wrath to smite Jerusalem. In an agony of grief, he poured out his prayer that Jerusalem might be spared, and God heard him, and sent Gad a second time to bid him offer sacrifice, that, by making an atonement, he might stand between the dead and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18-25

The facts are: 1 . The Seer Gad having directed David to rear an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah, he proceeds to carry out the instruction. 2 . Araunah, observing the approach of David and his servants, makes obeisance, and desires to know the purport of his visit. 3 . Ascertaining that David desired to buy the threshing floor that he might there entreat for the staying of the plague, he generously offers all that was requisite for the sacrifices, and expresses... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:18

2 Samuel 24:18. Gad came that day to David By the express command of God, (2 Samuel 24:19; 1 Chronicles 21:18-19,) and said unto him, Go up To mount Moriah; rear an altar in the thrashing-floor of Araunah Which place God appointed for this work, in gracious condescension to, and compliance with, David’s fear of going to Gibeon, which is expressed 1 Chronicles 21:29-30; because this was the place where God, by his angel, appeared in a threatening posture, where therefore it was meet he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

The census and its outcome (24:1-25)Israel’s increasing power and prosperity under David may have given David and his people feelings of self-praise, as if they, and not God, had been the cause of this growth. God saw that the time had come to awaken Israel to this sin. Therefore, God allowed Satan to suggest to David that he take a census of the people. David’s pride in his growing nation was apparently what made the suggestion seem such a good idea, but God was going to use the event to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:18

DAVID'S PURCHASE OF THE SITE FOR SOLOMON'S TEMPLE"And Gad came that day to David and said to him, "Go up, rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded. And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground. And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David said, "To buy the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18-25

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:9-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:18-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:1-25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:18

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