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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....
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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...
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_moe_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 14:3, note.
are _they not all my lord's servants?_ Joab foresees some disaster to
the people, and asks why David should destroy his own.
_why will he be a cause_ OF GUILT _to I...
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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...
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_AND JOAB ANSWERED, THE LORD MAKE HIS PEOPLE AN HUNDRED TIMES SO MANY
MORE AS THEY BE: BUT, MY LORD THE KING, ARE THEY NOT ALL MY LORD'S
SERVANTS? WHY THEN DOTH MY LORD REQUIRE THIS THING? WHY WILL HE...
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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....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 21
David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...
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(1-6) The Census....
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ANSWERED. — Hebrew, _said._
THE LORD... AS THEY BE. — Literally, _Jehovah add upon his people
like them an hundred times,_ an
abridged form of what is read in Samuel.
BUT, MY LORD THE KING, ARE THE...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יֹואָ֗ב יֹוסֵף֩ יְהוָ֨ה
עַל ־עַמּ
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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...
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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...
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And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many
more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's
servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will...
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_Israel, who will be severely punished. (Calmet) --- Sin is often used
in this sense. (Vatable)_...
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Joab seems to have had a serious thought, that the motive in the mind
of David was not right....
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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...
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See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....
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And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many
more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's
servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will...
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_Why will he be_ Or, _why should this be; a cause of trespass_ Or, _an
occasion of punishment;_ (Hebrew words, which signify _sin_, being
often used for the _punishment_ of sin,) _to_, or _against Isr...
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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....
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David's Sin and its Consequences...
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And Joab answered, realizing that the king's motive was not pure, THE
LORD MAKE HIS PEOPLE AN HUNDRED TIMES SO MANY MORE AS THEY BE; BUT, MY
LORD, THE KING, ARE THEY NOT ALL MY LORD'S SERVANTS? WHY, T...
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Or, _why will he be, or why should this be, a trespass, or a cause of
trespass, or an occasion of punishment_, (for Hebrew words signifying
sin are oft used to note the punishment of sin,) or _a desol...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 21:3 The Chronicler’s mention of
GUILT in relation to David’s census is a significant addition to the
account of this incident in 2
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 19:13; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Samuel 2:24; Exodus 32:21;...
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Why, &c. — Or, why should this be a cause of trespass, or an
occasion of punishment to Israel? God commonly punishes the people for
the sins of their rulers, because they are for the most part guilty...