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 upon Jerusalem to destroy it.

It is enough The sudden cessation of this pestilence has numerous parallels in the history of epidemics.

the threshingfloor of Ornan The Chronicler makes this threshing-floor the site of the Temple. The author of Sam. is silent on the point. Cp. 1 Chronicles 21:25; 1 Chronicles 21:28, notes.

Ornan This is the form of the name throughout this chapter, but in 2 Samuel 24 the K'rî gives everywhere Araunah, The C'thîb of Sam. however offers various forms, one of which (to be read Ornah, 1 Chronicles 21:16) approximates to the form given in Chron. Variation in reproducing foreign names is common; see note on 1 Chronicles 18:5 (Damascus), and on 2 Chronicles 36:6 (Nebuchadnezzar).

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