The number, &c. The difference of the numbers here and [in] 2 Kings xxiv. 9., is to be accounted for, by supposing the greater number to be that which was really found, and the lesser to be that which Joab gave in; (Challoner) or the transcribers of this place have been inaccurate. (Calmet)
Verse 1 Chronicles 21:5. _ALL THEY OF ISRAEL WERE A THOUSAND THOUSAND - JUDAH_ WAS _FOUR HUNDRED THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND_] In the parallel place, 2 Samuel 24:9, the men of Israel are reckoned _ei...
In 2 Samuel 24:9 the numbers are different. The explanation there given is not so generally accepted as the supposition that the numbers have, in one passage or the other (or possibly in both), suffer...
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...
THE SUM. See note on 2 Samuel 24:9....
they of _Israel_ Chron. gives Israel as 1,100,000 and Judah as 470,000; 2 Sam. gives Israel as 800,000 and Judah as 500,000. _that drew sword_ All males over twenty years of age would be so described...
ALL—ISRAEL WERE A THOUSAND THOUSAND— See on 2 Samuel 24:9....
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 JOAB GAVE THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO DAVID. AND ALL THEY OF ISRAEL WERE A THOUSAND THOUSAND AND AN HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD: AND JUDAH WAS FOUR HUNDRED THREESCORE AND TE...
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....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 21 David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...
(1-6) The Census....
THE NUMBER. — _Muster,_ or census (_miphqăd_). The first clause is identical with Samuel, but has “David” for “the king,” as elsewhere. AND ALL THEY OF ISRAEL. — _And all Israel became_ (came to). The...
וַ יִּתֵּ֥ן יֹואָ֛ב אֶת ־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד ־ה
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 Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were (d) a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] (e) four hundred threes...
There is a difference in the account here given, from that of 2 Samuel 24:9. Perhaps Levi and Benjamin might not be numbered in the one as in the other....
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 Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and...
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....
David's Sin and its Consequences...
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword; and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 21:5 Joab H3097 gave H5414 (H8799) sum H4557 number H4662 people H5971 David H1732 Israel H3478
WERE A THOUSAND (_ See Scofield) - (2 Samuel 24:9). _...
1 Chronicles 21:1. _And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel._ Israel had greatly offended and grieved God, and it was to be punished. God punished one sin by another: t...
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...
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 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 21:5 The Chronicler adds that JOAB found David’s census ABHORRENT (again emphasizing David’s sinfulness). Because of this, Joab did not include the priestly tribe of...
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 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Samuel 24:9...
Why do the numbers of men recorded in 2 Samuel 24:9 and in 1 Chronicles 21:5-6 disagree? PROBLEM: When David was moved to number the people of Israel and Judah, he sent Joab to carry out the task. Acc...