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Verse 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 attempt...
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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...
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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...
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Purchase of Araunah's threshingfloor and erection of an altar there
18. _Gad came_ By direction of the angel, according to 1 Chronicles
21:18. Gad's message was the answer to David's prayer, the
annou...
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_The Plague Stayed._ 2 Samuel 24:16-25
16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy
it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that
destroyed the people, It...
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THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND ITS PENALTY
In punishment for David's sin in numbering the people, God sends a
pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the
plague, David erec...
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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...
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GAD CAME. — As appears from 1 Chronicles 21:18, by direction of the
angel. Daniel was still in Jerusalem proper, _i.e.,_ the hill of Zion,
and it was looking out from thence that he had seen the angel...
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וַ יָּבֹא ־גָ֥ד אֶל ־דָּוִ֖ד בַּ †...
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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
co...
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JUDGMENT STAYED BY SACRIFICE
2 Samuel 24:15
The pestilence swept through the land like cholera or the black death
in modern times. At last it approached the Holy City. It seemed as if
the angel of th...
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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...
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_Altar. This was done by a positive order. People still had the
liberty of sacrificing on the heights of Gabaon. (Calmet) --- This
place was honoured with the tabernacle; and David would have gone
thi...
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(16) And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel
that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And...
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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...
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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...
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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 JEBU...
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_And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an
altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite._
Ver. 18. _And Gad came._] By the command of God's angel, 1Ch 21:...
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2 Sam. 24:18, to the end, and 1 Chronicles 21:18, to the end, and 1
Chronicles 22:1. The temple and altar where those sacrifices were to
be offered that were typical of the sacrifice of Christ, were b...
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_Gad came that day to David_ By the express command of God, (2 Samuel
24:19; 1 Chronicles 21:18,) _and said unto him, Go up_ To mount
Moriah; _rear an altar in the thrashing-floor of Araunah_ Which pl...
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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...
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And Gad came that day to David and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar
unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Thus the
Lord's instructions were carried out, 1 Chronicles 21:18....
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THE PESTILENCE...
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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...
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18-25 God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is
an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the
ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering....
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GAD CAME THAT DAY TO DAVID, by command from God, 2 SAMUEL 24:19 1
CHRONICLES 21:18. GO UP to Mount Moriah. IN THE THRESHING-FLOOR OF
ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE; which place God appointed for this work, part...
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2 Samuel 24:18 Gad H1410 came H935 (H8799) day H3117 David H1732 said
H559 (H8799) up H5927 ...
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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...
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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...
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_So the Lord sent a pestilence._
THE PLAGUE STAYED
It was time of peace and prosperity in Israel. King David’s rule had
been blessed, and the people dwelt in safety. In the midst of this
happy quiet...
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_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,...
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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.
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 24:18 GO UP. From David’s home there was
a yet higher place, the THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE. The
Jebusites were the previous inhabitants of Jerusalem (see...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 24:16...