George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Chronicles 21:15
Took. Hebrew, "repented of evil," taking pity of unhappy victims. --- Ornan, or Areuna. (Challoner) --- He had been king of the Jebusites before David took Jerusalem. (Mariana; Tirinus)
Took. Hebrew, "repented of evil," taking pity of unhappy victims. --- Ornan, or Areuna. (Challoner) --- He had been king of the Jebusites before David took Jerusalem. (Mariana; Tirinus)
Verse 1 Chronicles 21:15. _AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL_] Thus the Targum: "And the _WORD_ _of the LORD_ sent the angel of death against Jerusalem to destroy it; and he beheld the ashes of the binding of Is...
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....
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 wh...
_unto Jerusalem_ The plague arrived in Jerusalem after making ravages elsewhere. _as he was destroying_ R.V. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO DESTROY, agreeing with 2 Sam., _when the angel stretched forth his hand...
ORNAN THE JEBUSITE— In Samuel, _Araunah:_ there is no great difference between the words in the Hebrew....
LESSON TEN 21-22 A MILITARY CENSUS AND A PLAGUE 13. DAVID'S MILITARY CENSUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (Chapter 21) INTRODUCTION The final serious mistake David made was this military census. God did not...
_AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL UNTO JERUSALEM TO DESTROY IT: AND AS HE WAS DESTROYING, THE LORD BEHELD, AND HE REPENTED HIM OF THE EVIL, AND SAID TO THE ANGEL THAT DESTROYED, IT IS ENOUGH, STAY NOW THINE HAND...
DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE AND HIS PUNISHMENT This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 24, but includes a few additions: see 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 21:26....
ORNAN] in 2 Samuel 24:16; 'Araunah' or 'Ornah.'...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 21 David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...
(14-17) The Pestilence....
AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL UNTO JERUSALEM TO DESTROY IT. — The reading of Samuel is probably right, “And the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it.” The verb is the same word in eac...
וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ הָ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ מַלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ לִֽ...
SATAN "And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah." 2 Samuel 24:1 "And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved Da...
The cause of David's action in numbering Israel is distinctly stated to be Satan. Therein lies a revelation of its nature. The one sin of Satan is that of pride and ambition, and this was the sin of D...
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and (f) as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he (g) repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thi...
I refer the Reader to the account as given in the book of Samuel, as also to the Commentary upon it. The relation of this transaction is so similar, that I do not think it necessary to swell the subje...
But prosperity exposes David to the temptations of the enemy. Head over Israel, and conqueror of all his enemies, he wishes to know the strength of Israel, which was his glory, forgetting the strength...
See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand....
_God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it_, &c. This seems to import that there were more angels than one employed to effect this destruction in different parts of the country: and that the ange...
1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth Ioab to number the people. 5 The number of the people being brought, Dauid repenteth of it. 9 Dauid hauing three plagues propounded by Gad, chuseth the pestilence....
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it, to let the ravages of the disease take their toll here; AND AS HE WAS DESTROYING, THE LORD BEHELD, AND HE REPENTED HIM OF THE EVIL, spoken according...
David's Sin and its Consequences...
ORNAN: Or, Araunah...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 21:15 God H430 sent H7971 (H8799) angel H4397 Jerusalem H3389 destroy H7843 (H8687) destroying...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
1 Chronicles 21:9. _And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. S...
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, an...
1 Chronicles 21:7. _And God was displeased with this thing;_ This numbering of Israel, which David had carried out in spite of Joab's protest: «God was displeased with this thing:» 1 Chronicles 21:7...
CONTENTS: David's sin in numbering the people. Joab's faithful protest. David's choice of punishment. CHARACTERS: God, Satan, David, Joab, Gad, Ornan, angel (Jesus). CONCLUSION: God does not judge o...
1 Chronicles 21:1. _Satan stood up against Israel;_ that is, the accuser, or calumniator. 1 Chronicles 21:3. _Why will my lord the king be a cause of trespass to Israel?_ Joab was struck with the sin,...
_And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it._ THE DESTROYING ANGEL Lessons: I. That idleness is the parent of sin. It was when David was living as king in ease at Jerusalem that he was temp...
_Thus saith the Lord, choose thee._ THE AWFUL JUDGMENTS I. Judgments entailed by one man’s sin. II. Judgments easily prepared for execution. III. Judgments sent according to human preference. IV....
_And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel._ UNDER A SPELL (Compare 2 Peter 1:21):-- I. All the world seems to be under a spell or charm; inward influences move men as s...
1 CHRONICLES 21:1 David’s Census and Preparation for the Temple. David paves the way for Solomon to build the temple. Even his census (1 Chronicles 21:1), though done out of wrong motives, yields a
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 21:14 On RELENTED (v. 1 Chronicles 21:15), see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The events here given appear in 2 Samuel 24, where the manner in which the census was taken is fully described, which took Joab nine months and twenty days. This narrative is condense...
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 Sam...
In chapter twenty-one. And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, and number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan...
1 Kings 19:4; 2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 24:18;...