_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 DAVID ... "Again" carries us back to the former tokens of His wrath in the protracted famine which h... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 EVEN TO BEERSHEBA, AND NUMBER YE THE PEOPLE, THAT I MAY KNOW THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE._ The king said to Joab ... Go now through all the tribes of Israel ... and number ye the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID UNTO THE KING, NOW THE LORD THY GOD ADD UNTO THE PEOPLE, HOW MANY SOEVER THEY BE, AN HUNDREDFOLD, AND THAT THE EYES OF MY LORD THE KING MAY SEE IT: BUT WHY DOTH MY LORD THE KING DELIGHT IN THIS THING?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY PASSED OVER JORDAN AND PITCHED IN AROER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CITY THAT LIETH IN THE MIDST OF THE_ _ AND THEY PASSED OVER JORDAN, AND PITCHED IN AROER, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CITY THAT LIETH IN THE MIDST OF THE RIVER OF GAD, AND TOWARD JAZER:_ They passed over Jordan. This census was... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THEY CAME TO GILEAD, AND TO THE LAND OF TAHTIMHODSHI; AND THEY CAME TO DANJAAN, AND ABOUT TO ZIDON,_ The land of Tahtim-hodshi. What place is meant has been a matter of various conjecture. Apparently the most literal meaning is 'low land newly acquired,' namely, that of the Hagarenes, conquer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CAME TO THE STRONG HOLD OF TYRE, AND TO ALL THE CITIES OF THE HIVITES, AND OF THE CANAANITES: AND THEY WENT OUT TO THE SOUTH OF JUDAH, EVEN TO BEERSHEBA._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB GAVE UP THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO THE KING: AND THERE WERE IN ISRAEL EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VALIANT MEN THAT DREW THE SWORD; AND THE MEN OF JUDAH WERE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN._ Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king. The amount here stated, compare... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID'S HEART SMOTE HIM AFTER THAT HE HAD NUMBERED THE PEOPLE. AND DAVID SAID UNTO THE LORD, I HAVE SINNED GREATLY IN THAT I HAVE DONE: AND NOW, I BESEECH THEE, O LORD, TAKE AWAY THE INIQUITY OF THY SERVANT; FOR I HAVE DONE VERY FOOLISHLY._ David's heart smote him ... And David said unto the L... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR WHEN DAVID WAS UP IN THE MORNING, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO THE PROPHET GAD, DAVID'S SEER, SAYING,_ The word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad ... saying ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things .... In the instances of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and others, effectual means were taken to humble their pride. They would... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 DAYS' PESTILENCE IN THY LAND? NOW ADVISE, AND SEE WHAT ANSWER I SHALL RETURN TO HIM THAT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO GAD, I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT: LET US FALL NOW INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD; FOR HIS MERCIES ARE GREAT: AND LET ME NOT FALL INTO THE HAND OF MAN._ David said ... I am in a great strait. Well might he say so; because the chastisement was bitter in the extreme. Seven years of famine,... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE LORD SENT A PESTILENCE UPON ISRAEL FROM THE MORNING EVEN TO THE TIME APPOINTED: AND THERE DIED OF THE PEOPLE FROM DAN EVEN TO BEERSHEBA SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN._ So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time appointed - rather that morning, when Gad came, until t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD WAS BY THE THRESHINGPLACE OF ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE._ AND WHEN THE ANGEL STRETCHED O... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD WHEN HE SAW THE ANGEL THAT SMOTE THE PEOPLE, AND SAID, LO, I HAVE SINNED, AND I HAVE DONE WICKEDLY: BUT THESE SHEEP, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? LET THINE HAND, I PRAY THEE, BE AGAINST ME, AND AGAINST MY FATHER'S HOUSE._ David spake (or, had said) ... I have sinned ... but t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ ARAUNAH - or Ornan (1 Chronicles 21:18), the Jebusite, one of the ancient inhabitants, who, having apparently become a convert to the true religion, retained his hou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID, ACCORDING TO THE SAYING OF GAD, WENT UP AS THE LORD COMMANDED._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ARAUNAH SAID, WHEREFORE IS MY LORD THE KING COME TO HIS SERVANT? AND DAVID SAID, TO BUY THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF THEE, TO BUILD AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD, THAT THE PLAGUE MAY BE STAYED FROM THE PEOPLE._ To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be staye... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ARAUNAH SAID UNTO DAVID, LET MY LORD THE KING TAKE AND OFFER UP WHAT SEEMETH GOOD UNTO HIM: BEHOLD, HERE BE OXEN FOR BURNT SACRIFICE, AND THRESHING INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF THE OXEN FOR WOOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THESE THINGS DID ARAUNAH, AS A KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING. AND ARAUNAH SAID UNTO THE KING, THE LORD THY GOD ACCEPT THEE._ All these things did Araunah, as a king, х_ 'ARAWªNAAH_ (H728) _ HAMELEK_ (H4428)] - Araunah the king; probably the hereditary chief of the ancient Jebusites. ARAUNAH SAID... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID UNTO ARAUNAH, NAY; BUT I WILL SURELY BUY IT OF THEE AT A PRICE: NEITHER WILL I OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD MY GOD OF THAT WHICH DOTH COST ME NOTHING. SO DAVID BOUGHT THE THRESHINGFLOOR AND THE OXEN FOR FIFTY SHEKELS OF SILVER._ Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a p... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID BUILT THERE AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS. SO THE LORD WAS INTREATED FOR THE LAND, AND THE PLAGUE WAS_ David ... offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. There seems to have been two sacrifices-the first expiatory, the second a thanksgiving f... [ Continue Reading ]