Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Chronicles 21:4
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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...
_came_to _Jerusalem_ In 2 Samuel 24:4-8 the route is described and the time taken in the numbering is stated, _nine months and twenty days_....
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...
_NEVERTHELESS THE KING'S WORD PREVAILED AGAINST JOAB. WHEREFORE JOAB DEPARTED, AND WENT THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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....
WHEREFORE JOAB DEPARTED. — “Went out” _scil,_ from the king’s presence (Samuel). The chronicler omits the account of the route of Joab and his party, as described in 2 Samuel 24:4. They crossed Jordan...
וּ דְבַר ־הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ חָזַ֣ק עַל ־יֹואָ֑ב
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...
Joab seems to have had a serious thought, that the motive in the mind of David was not right....
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"....
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...
Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab, he insisted upon having his will carried out. WHEREFORE JOAB DEPARTED AND WENT THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM. Cf 2 Samuel 24:5. It...
1 Chronicles 21:4 kings H4428 word H1697 prevailed H2388 (H8804) Joab H3097 Joab H3097 departed H3318 (H8799
DEPARTED Here should read (2 Samuel 24:4)....
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...
2 Samuel 24:3; Acts 5:29; Daniel 3:18; Ecclesiastes 8:4; Exodus 1:17...