And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. From the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 24:1, we learn that this was due to the fact that the Lord at this time withdrew His grace from David, and permitted the Tempter to prevail over him.
CHAPTER XXI _David is tempted by Satan to take the numbers of the people of_ _Israel and Judah_, 1, 2. _Joab remonstrates, but the king is determined, and Joab pleads_ _in vain_, 3, 4. He returns...
As the books of Scripture are arranged in our Version, Satan is here for the first time by name introduced to us. He appears not merely as an “adversary” who seeks to injure man from without, but as a...
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...
SATAN. See note on 2 Samuel 24:1. TRESPASS. guilt. See Exodus 30:11. The Tabernacle was erected with the _ransom_ paid for 600,000. The site of the Temple obtained at the cost of 70,000 souls....
_And Satan stood up against Israel_ In 2 Sam. "And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel," a former occasion being at the time of the famine (2 Samuel 21:1). By _Satan_("adversary") i...
SATAN STOOD UP— _An adversary stood up._ Le Clerc. See the note on 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Samuel 24:25. Bishop Warburton observes (perhaps the reader will think with rather too much refinement) upon this pa...
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 SATAN STOOD UP AGAINST ISRAEL, AND PROVOKED DAVID TO NUMBER ISRAEL._ Satan stood up against Israel. God, by withdrawing His grace at this time from David, permitted the Tempter to prevail over h...
SATAN] In 2 Samuel 24:1 the LORD is said to have been angry with Israel, and to have moved David to number the people; for the Hebrews in early times did not hesitate to describe God as prompting to e...
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 –...
AND SATAN STOOD UP AGAINST ISRAEL. — Perhaps, _And an adversary_ (hostile influence) _arose against Israel._ So in 2 Samuel 19:23 the sons of Zeruiah are called “adversaries” (Heb., a _Satan_) to Davi...
(1-6) The Census....
וַ יַּֽעֲמֹ֥ד שָׂטָ֖ן עַל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יָּ
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 (a) Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. (a) He tempted David, in setting before his eyes his excellency and glory, his power and victories, see (2 Samuel 24:1)....
_Satan. This shews that the Lord only (Haydock) permitted David's sin, (2 Kings xxiv.; Worthington) and in this sense only he is said to have instigated him; (Du Hamel) though we read this was done by...
CONTENTS This chapter represents David in a very different point of view from the former. There we beheld him most lovely in his humbleness before the Lord. In this, in a state of transgression, numb...
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...
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Ver. 1. _And Satan stood up against Israel._] That is, The devil, as Job 1:6 Psa 109:6 Zechariah 3:1,2. Satan signifieth an adv...
_Satan stood up against Israel_ Before the Lord and his tribunal, to accuse David and Israel, and to ask God's permission to tempt David. _Standing_ is the accuser's posture before men's tribunals; an...
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....
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 21 David numbereth the people, 1 CHRONICLES 20:1. He repenteth of three judgments propounded, he chooseth the pestilence; and why, 1 CHRONICLES 21:7. David, by Gad's direction, bu...
1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan H7854 up H5975 (H8799) Israel H3478 moved H5496 (H8686) David H1732 number H448
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 21:1. _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...
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
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 22:20; 2 Samuel 24:1; Acts 5:3; Hebrews 10:24; James 1:13;...
Satan stood — Before the Lord and his tribunal to accuse David and Israel, and to beg God's permission to tempt David. Standing is the accusers posture before men's tribunals; and consequently the hol...
How can this passage claim that God moved David to number Israel when 1 Chronicles 21:1 claims that it was Satan? PROBLEM: This passage reports the sin of David in numbering the people of Israel and J...