What does 2 Samuel 24:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah."
CHAPTER XXIV _David is tempted by Satan to number Israel and Judah_, 1. _Joab remonstrates against it, but the king determines that it_ _shall be done; and Joab and the captains accomplish the work...
AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL - This sentence is the heading of the whole chapter, which goes on to describe the sin which kindled this anger, namely, the numbering of the...
4. DAVID'S FAILURE: THE ALTAR ON THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH CHAPTER 24 _ 1. The numbering of the people (2 Samuel 24:1)_ 2. The sin acknowledged and Gad's message (2 Samuel 24:10) 3. The pesti...
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. Here is another illustration of the imperfect recognition of...
AND AGAIN. The history in this chapter precedes 2 Samuel 23, by Figure of speech _Hysterologia_ (App-6). See note on 23. i. the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. He moved-He suffered him to be moved. By...
The Numbering of the People 1. _again_ The previous manifestation of God's anger referred to was the famine (ch. 21). It is possible that the two narratives stood in close juxtaposition in the origin...
HE MOVED DAVID AGAINST THEM, TO SAY, GO, NUMBER— This verse may be rendered thus, _And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; for he moved David,_ or, _David was moved against them, t...
5. The Sin of Census, 2 Samuel 24:1-25_._ The Numbering. 2 Samuel 24:1-9 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Jud...
_AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL, AND HE MOVED DAVID AGAINST THEM TO SAY, GO, NUMBER ISRAEL AND JUDAH._ AGAIN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL, AND HE MOVED...
AGAIN] This refers to the former occasion mentioned in 2 Samuel 21. HE MOVED] Chronicles states that 'Satan.. provoked David.' The older account does not enter into the distinction between what God pe...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 24 DAVID COUNTS THE *ISRAELITES V1 Again the *Lord was angry with *Israel. He made David cause trouble for the *Israelites. He said...
KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL. — This was not in consequence of the numbering of the people, but in consequence of that which ultimately led to that act. We are not told why the anger of the Lord was kindled...
וַ יֹּ֨סֶף֙ אַף ־יְהוָ֔ה לַ חֲרֹ֖ות בְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יָּ֨סֶת אֶת ־דָּוִ֤ד בָּהֶם֙ לֵ...
CHAPTER XXXII. _ THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL._ 2 Samuel 24:1 THOUGH David's life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences was c...
A PROUD HEART HUMBLED 2 Samuel 24:1 The sin of numbering the people lay in its _motive._ David was animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a fine showing among the surround...
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 obje...
And (a) again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and (b) he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (a) Before they were plagued with famine, (2 Samuel 21:1). (b...
Stirred up, &c. This stirring up, was not the doing of God, but of satan; as it is expressly declared, 1 Chronicles xxi. 1. (Challoner) --- David was moved by vanity, &c., thus to displease God. --- A...
CONTENTS We have, in this chapter, a part of David's history, the date of which is not certain. He is here in a state of trespassing against the Lord, by numbering the people. The prophet Gad is sent...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
_A FATAL BLUNDER_ ‘And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.’ 2 Samuel 24:1 We do not see immediately upon its...
Chapter 24 leads us into a subject which requires particular notice. The wrath of God is kindled again against Israel. It is not in the mind of the Spirit to inform us on what occasion this took place...
AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL,.... It had been kindled, and appeared before in sending a three years' famine among them for Saul's ill usage of the Gibeonites, 2 Samuel 21...
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Ver. 1. _And again the anger of the Lord._] Again, after the late thre...
_And again_ After the former tokens of his anger, such as the three years' famine, mentioned chap. 21. _The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel_ For their sins, and on account of the followin...
1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth Ioab to number the people. 5 The captaines in nine moneths and twentie dayes, bring the muster of eleuen thousand fighting men. 10 Dauid hauing three plagues propou...
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, as in the former famine, 2 Samuel 21:1, AND HE MOVED DAVID AGAINST THEM, namely, the members of the nation, by giving Satan leeway to tempt...
The reason for God's anger burning against Israel (v.1) is not told us: if there is no public occasion for it, then it must be due to the moral and spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that...
HE: Satan. See 1 Chronciles 21.1...
1-9 For the people's sin David was left to act wrong, and in his chastisement they received punishment. This example throws light upon God's government of the world, and furnishes a useful lesson. The...
2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 24 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people; who are thirteen hundred thousand fighting men, 2 SAMUEL 24:1. David acknowledgeth his sin in it: having three judgments...
2 Samuel 24:1 Again H3254 (H8686) anger H639 LORD H3068 aroused H2734 (H8800) Israel H3478 moved H5496 (H8686) David H1732 say H559 (H8800) Go H3212 (H8798) number H4487 (H8798) Israel H3478 Judah H30...
2 Samuel 24:1 We do not see immediately upon its being mentioned how it was wrong for David to number the people; that is, in the modern phrase, to take a census of the population. We have a census o...
CONTENTS: David's sin in numbering the people. His choice of punishment. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Joab, David, Gad, Araunah. CONCLUSION: God does not judge of sin as we do. What appears to us...
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; an...
_Go, number Israel and Judah._ DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE I. The sin committed by David. It is possible that David dwelt with satisfaction upon the thought of his ample resources and numerous armies,...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 24:1 The Lord’s anger and David’s sin lead to a plague. It also leads to the purchase of a place of worship in Jerusalem. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("i...
2 Samuel 24:1. “AGAIN,” Evidently referring to the famine mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1. “ISRAEL.” Some special national guilt not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers suppose, this oc...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 24:1 AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF JEHOVAH WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL. It is probable that this chapter once stood in intimate connection with 2 Samuel 21:1; and that the famine therein...
Chapter 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...
1 Chronicles 27:23; 1 Chronicles 27:24; 1 Kings 22:20; 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; Acts 4:28;...
How can this passage claim that God moved David to number Israel when 1 Chronicles 21:1 claims that it was Satan? PROBLEM: This passage reports the sin of David in numbering the people of Israel and...