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Verse 2 Samuel 24:15. _FROM THE MORNING - TO THE TIME APPOINTED_]
That is, from the morning of the day after David had made his election
till the _third day_, according to the condition which God had...
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THE TIME APPOINTED - Perhaps “the time of the assembly,” meaning
the time of the evening sacrifice, at three o’clock, when the people
assembled for prayer, more commonly described as “the time of the...
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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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TIME APPOINTED. Septuagint and Syriac say the plague lasted only till
noon. So this "time" may mean for the evening sacrifice, 3pm (Compare
2 Samuel 24:18)....
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The Plague
15. _even to the time appointed_ The meaning of these words, which are
not found in Chron., is very doubtful. (1) The E. V. follows the Vulg.
_usque ad tempus constitutum_. This would natur...
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DISCOURSE: 328
DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE
2 Samuel 24:11. When David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord
came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and say unto
David, Thus saith the...
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EVEN TO THE TIME APPOINTED— There seems nothing difficult in this
passage, as some have supposed: the plain meaning appears to be, that
the pestilence, commencing in the morning, continued _even to th...
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_The Plague._ 2 Samuel 24:10-15
10 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,...
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_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 up...
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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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FROM THE MORNING EVEN TO THE TIME APPOINTED] These words occasion some
difficulty as the pestilence was stayed before the appointed time.
They are omitted in Chronicles....
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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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THE TIME APPOINTED. — Much difficulty has been found with this
expression; but, if the Hebrew can bear this meaning, it may be
understood well enough of the time (somewhat less than three days, 2
Samu...
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וַ יִּתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה דֶּ֨בֶר֙ בְּ
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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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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So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the
time appointed: and there died of the people from (h) Dan even to
Beersheba seventy thousand men.
(h) From the one side of the c...
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(14) 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. (15) So the LORD sent a pestilence...
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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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SO THE LORD SENT A PESTILENCE UPON ISRAEL,.... Upon the land of
Israel, the people of the land, directly employing an angel to go
through the coasts of it, and empowering him to inflict a pestilential...
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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.
Ver. 15. _From the morning, even t...
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_So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel_ The event immediately
answered to the choice; a plague instantly ensued. _From the morning
even to the time appointed_ From that morning, in which Gad came...
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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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So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the
time appointed, which even now was fixed by the gracious will of God;
AND THERE DIED OF THE PEOPLE, FROM DAN EVEN TO BEERSHEBA, S...
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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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10-15 It is well, when a man has sinned, if he has a heart within to
smite him for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that
God would forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, tha...
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TO THE TIME APPOINTED; either,
1. From morning to evening, which is here called the time appointed;
or, the _time of the convention_, or, _public meeting_, as this Hebrew
word oft signifies, i. e. til...
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2 Samuel 24:15 LORD H3068 sent H5414 (H8799) plague H1698 Israel H3478
morning H1242 appointed H4150 time H6256
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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 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 21:14; 1 Chronicles 27:4; 1 Samuel 6:19; 2 Samuel 24:2;...