1 Chronicles 27:23 indicates sufficiently why the numbering was sinful. It is also stated in 1 Chronicles 21:6, that Joab purposely omitted Levi and Benjamin from the reckoning.
Eight hundred thousand ... five hundred thousand - In Chronicles the numbers are differently given. It is probable therefore that the Chronicler has included in his statement of the sum total some numbers which are not included here.
Verse 2 Samuel 24:9. _IN ISRAEL EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND - THE MEN OF JUDAH_ WERE _FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND_] In the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 21:5, the sums are widely different: in Israel _one millio...
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...
ISRAEL. 800,000 "valiant men". Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. JUDAH. 500,000 "men". Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. [Compare 1 Chronicles 21:5,. different classification. Israel. 1,100,000, "all they of Israel that...
_eight hundred thousand … five hundred thousand_ In 1 Chronicles 21:5 the numbers are given as 1,100,000 for Israel, and 470,000 for Judah. This discrepancy may be due to textual corruption, but more...
The Numbering of the People 1. _again_ The previous manifestation of God's anger referred to was the famine (ch. 21). It is possible that the two narratives stood in close juxtaposition in the origin...
IN ISRAEL EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND—OF JUDAH FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND— There are two returns left us of this numbering; the present, and that in 1 Chronicles 21:5 which differ considerably from each other,...
5. The Sin of Census, 2 Samuel 24:1-25_._ The Numbering. 2 Samuel 24:1-9 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Juda...
_AND JOAB GAVE UP THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO THE KING: AND THERE WERE IN ISRAEL EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VALIANT MEN THAT DREW THE SWORD; AND THE MEN OF JUDAH WERE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ME...
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...
IN ISRAEL EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. — The numbers here differ greatly from those given in 1 Chronicles 21:5; but there is no reason to suppose any corruption of the text in either case. Joab undertook t...
וַ יִּתֵּ֥ן יֹואָ֛ב אֶת ־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד ־ה
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...
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel (d) eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] (e) five hundred th...
Eight....and five. Theodotion says nine and four, which comes to the same sum. (Haydock) --- But 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 5, reads, eleven hundred thousand, and four hundred and seventy thousand fighting...
(3) And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king deli...
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...
AND JOAB GAVE UP THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO THE KING,.... Having collected from the several captains employed in this work their several particular numbers, he put them together, and gav...
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand m...
2 Sam. 24:9. Concerning the seeming difference in the account of the number of Israel when David numbered them in Samuel, and in Chronicles. See Bedford, p. 559. Scripture Chronology. The number of a...
_When they had gone through all the land_ But not numbered all the people, for the work grew so tedious that they omitted Levi and Benjamin. _Joab gave up the number of the people_ There are two retur...
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...
THE PEOPLE NUMBERED...
And Joab gave up, reported, THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO THE KING; AND THERE WERE IN ISRAEL, in the northern tribes, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VALIANT MEN THAT DREW THE SWORD; AND THE MEN OF...
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...
1-9 For the people's sin David was left to act wrong, and in his chastisement they received punishment. This example throws light upon God's government of the world, and furnishes a useful lesson. Th...
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. OBJECT. In 1 CHRONICLES 21:5, they are numbered 1,100,000. _Answ_. The sum here expressed is only of such as were not in the ordinary and settled militia waiting upon the king,...
2 Samuel 24:9 Joab H3097 gave H5414 (H8799) sum H4557 number H4662 people H5971 king H4428 Israel H3478 eight...
IN ISRAEL Compare (1 Chronicles 21:5). The total military strength of Israel (the northern kingdom) was 1,100,000, and of Judah 500,000. The numbers actually set in array were, of Israel, 800,000; o...
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...
_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 24:9 For the contradiction between these numbers and those given in 1 Chronicles 21:5, see note there....
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 21:5; 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 27:23; 1 Chronicles 27:24...
Why do the numbers of men recorded in 2 Samuel 24:9 and in 1 Chronicles 21:5-6 disagree? PROBLEM: When David was moved to number the people of Israel and Judah, he sent Joab to carry out the task. Acc...