Compare Ezekiel 14:13. The “seven” years of famine correspond with the “seven” years of famine in Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, and with the same number of years in 2 Kings 8:1. But in Chronicles, it is “three years,” which agrees better with the “three” months and “three” days. The whole passage is amplified in Chronicles, which has less the aspect of an original text than this.
Verse 2 Samuel 24:13. _SHALL SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE_] In 1 Chronicles 21:12, the number is _three_, not _seven_; and here the _Septuagint_ has _three_, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the...
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...
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...
SEVEN YEARS, 1 Chronicles 21:12 -three years; also Septuagint. The Hebrew numeral letters for three and seven were probably very much alike. Hence perhaps mistaken by an ancient scribe. Both maybe rig...
The choice of punishments 10. _David's heart smote him_ Conscience accused him, and he became aware of his guilt. He recognised the sinfulness of the proud and vainglorious spirit of self-confidence...
_seven years of famine_ The reading of the Sept. and Chron. is THREE YEARS, and this is unquestionably to be preferred, as required by the symmetry of the statement. Famine, war, and pestilence are th...
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...
SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE— In 1 Chronicles 21:12 it is _three years,_ which is the reading of the LXX; a reading, says Houbigant, which I prefer in this place, because the _three years_ answer to the _thr...
_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,...
_SO GAD CAME TO DAVID, AND TOLD HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, SHALL SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE COME UNTO THEE IN THY LAND? OR WILT THOU FLEE THREE MONTHS BEFORE THINE ENEMIES, WHILE THEY PURSUE THEE? OR THAT THE...
SEVEN YEARS] LXX and Chronicles read 'three years.'...
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...
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...
SEVEN YEARS. — In Chronicles “three years,” and so the LXX. reads here also. This would be more in accordance with the “three” months and “three” days....
וַ יָּבֹא ־גָ֥ד אֶל ־דָּוִ֖ד וַ יַּגֶּד
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...
A PROUD HEART HUMBLED 2 Samuel 24:1 The sin of numbering the people lay in its _motive._ David was animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a fine showing among the surroundi...
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...
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall (g) seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that...
Seven. Paralipomenon, three; which makes the contrast more striking. (Haydock) --- The Septuagint, and some copies of the Arabic version, have the latter number. (Calmet) --- Gad might first propose s...
(10) В¶ 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, O LORD, take away the iniqu...
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...
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...
SO GAD CAME TO DAVID, AND TOLD HIM,.... Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms it that David was made sensible of his sin before he came to him: AND SAID UNTO HIM, S...
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that ther...
_For when David was up in the morning_ The words thus translated give the reader to apprehend that David's penitence was caused by Gad's threat, which certainly was not the case. He was made sensible...
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...
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, naming the three forms of punishment selected by the Lord, SHALL SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE COME UNTO THEE IN THY LAND? OR WILT THOU FLEE THREE MONTHS...
THE PESTILENCE...
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...
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...
_ Seven years of famine_. OBJECT. In 1 CHRONICLES 21:12, it is only three years of famine. _Answ_. 1. Some conceive that here was an error in the transcriber, and that the true reading is three years,...
2 Samuel 24:13 Gad H1410 came H935 (H8799) David H1732 told H5046 (H8686) said H559 (H8799) seven...
FAMINE (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 12:10). _...
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...
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...
_Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me._ CHRISTIANS EXHORTED TO CONSIDER WHAT ANSWER THEIR MINISTERS WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO GOD CONCERNING THEM I. Christian ministers ar...
_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,...
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. ⇐...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 24:13 Pestilence kills faster (THREE DAYS) than famine (THREE YEARS). ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 21:12; 1 Kings 17:1; 2 Samuel 21:1; Deuteronomy 28:22;...
Why are the numbers of the years of the famine different from those in 1 Chronicles 21? PROBLEM: God spoke to Gad and instructed him to offer David three alternative punishments for his sin. According...