1 Chronicles 21:12

_EITHER THREE YEARS' FAMINE; OR THREE MONTHS TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE THY FOES, WHILE THAT THE SWORD OF THINE ENEMIES OVERTAKETH THEE; OR ELSE THREE DAYS THE SWORD OF THE LORD, EVEN THE PESTILENCE, IN THE LAND, AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DESTROYING THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF ISRAEL. NOW THEREFORE ADVISE THYSELF WHAT WORD I SHALL BRING AGAIN TO HIM THAT SENT ME._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

Verse 1 Chronicles 21:12. _THREE DAYS - THE PESTILENCE IN THE LAND_] In 2 Samuel 24:13, _seven years of famine_ are mentioned: see the note there....

AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DESTROYING ... - These words are not in Samuel, which puts the third alternative briefly. They prepare the way for the angelic appearance 1 Chronicles 21:16, on which the author is about to lay so much stress....

EXPOSITION This very important chapter in David's history is the parallel of 2 Samuel 24:1, which contains some details not found here, _e.g._ the route taken by those who went to number Israel (2 Samuel 24:5), and omits others. This chapter furnishes one of the clearer proofs (in respect of what it supplies, _not _found in Samuel) that its indebtedness is not to that book, but to a work open as well to the compiler of Chronicles as to the writer of Samuel. Its contents fall into five sections. 1. David's command to number the people, with Joab's remonstrances (2 Samuel 24:1). 2. The means taken to rouse David to a sense of his sin, and

See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....

May the Lord instruct us while we read. Perhaps We shall understand it better if we begin in the 21 st chapter at the 26 th verse. 1 Chronicles 21:26. _And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof._ «And David built there» that is upon the threshing-floor of Ornan. The place of sacrifice was the place of salvation. The angel was smiting Jerusalem, but as soon as the sacrifice was offered the angel sheathed his sword. 1 Chronicles 21:28. At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the thresh

(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

10. THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PUNISHMENT CHAPTER 21 _ 1. David's failure in numbering the people (1 Chronicles 21:1)_ 2. David's confession and the message of God (1 Chronicles 21:8) 3. David's answer and the punishment (1 Chronicles 21:13) 4. The altar in the threshing floor of Ornan (1 Chronicles 21:18) 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 (lite

1 CHRONICLES 21:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 22:1 THE NUMBERING OF THE HOSTS; THE PUNISHMENT (see notes on 2 Samuel 24:1). There are many variations from the corresponding passage in 2 S., and it is uncertain whether the Chronicler used any other source or not. 1 Chronicles 21:1. And Satan stood up: in 2 Samuel 24:1 the temptation comes from Yahweh; the Chronicler altered this as unfitting in view of the developed doctrine of God which had supervened. In the earlier literature the term Satan means adversary ...

THREE YEARS. See note on 2 Samuel 24:13. BE DESTROYED. Septuagint and Vulgate read "flee", as in 2 Samuel 24:13. COASTS. borders....