_AND SATAN STOOD UP AGAINST ISRAEL, AND PROVOKED DAVID TO NUMBER ISRAEL._ Satan stood up against Israel. God, by withdrawing His grace at this time from David, permitted the Tempter to prevail over him; and as the result of this successful temptation was the entail of a heavy calamity as a punishme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO JOAB AND TO THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE, GO, NUMBER ISRAEL FROM BEERSHEBA EVEN TO DAN; AND BRING THE NUMBER OF THEM TO ME, THAT I MAY KNOW IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 BE A CAUSE OF TRESPASS TO ISRAEL?_ Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? - or bring an occ... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB GAVE THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE UNTO DAVID. AND ALL THEY OF ISRAEL WERE A THOUSAND THOUSAND AND AN HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD: AND JUDAH WAS FOUR HUNDRED THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD._ Joab gave the sum. It amounted to 1,100,000 men in Israel capable... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT LEVI AND BENJAMIN COUNTED HE NOT AMONG THEM: FOR THE KING'S WORD WAS ABOMINABLE TO JOAB._ Levi and Benjamin counted he not. If this census was ordered with a view to the imposition of taxes, this alone would account for Levi, who were not warriors (1 Chronicles 21:5), not being numbered (see t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD WAS DISPLEASED WITH THIS THING; THEREFORE HE SMOTE ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO GAD, DAVID'S SEER, SAYING,_ The Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer. Although David was himself endowed with a prophetic gift, yet, in matters relating to himself or his kingdom, he was in the habit of consulting the Lord through the medium of the priests, and when he failed... [ Continue Reading ]
_GO AND TELL DAVID, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, I OFFER THEE THREE THINGS: CHOOSE THEE ONE OF THEM, THAT I MAY DO IT UNTO THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO GAD CAME TO DAVID, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, CHOOSE THEE_ Choose thee ... To the three evils these correspond in beautiful agreement: three years, three months, three days (Bertheau). (See the note at 2 Samuel 24:13.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_EITHER THREE YEARS' FAMINE; OR THREE MONTHS TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE THY FOES, WHILE THAT THE SWORD OF THINE ENEMIES OVERTAKETH THEE; OR ELSE THREE DAYS THE SWORD OF THE LORD, EVEN THE PESTILENCE, IN THE LAND, AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DESTROYING THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF ISRAEL. NOW THEREFORE ADV... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO GAD, I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT: LET ME FALL NOW INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD; FOR VERY GREAT ARE HIS MERCIES: BUT LET ME NOT FALL INTO THE HAND OF MAN._ Let me fall now into the hand of the Lord ... let me not fall into the hand of man. Experience had taught him that human passion an... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE LORD SENT PESTILENCE UPON ISRAEL: AND THERE FELL OF ISRAEL SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN._ So the Lord ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL UNTO JERUSALEM TO DESTROY IT: AND AS HE WAS DESTROYING, THE LORD BEHELD, AND HE REPENTED HIM OF THE EVIL, AND SAID TO THE ANGEL THAT DESTROYED, IT IS ENOUGH, STAY NOW THINE HAND. AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE._ Sent an angel unto... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAW THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STAND BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN, HAVING A DRAWN SWORD IN HIS HAND STRETCHED OUT OVER JERUSALEM. THEN DAVID AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, WHO WERE CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH, FELL UPON THEIR FACES._ David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO GOD, IS IT NOT I THAT COMMANDED THE PEOPLE TO BE NUMBERED? EVEN I IT IS THAT HAVE SINNED AND DONE EVIL INDEED; BUT AS FOR THESE SHEEP, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? LET THINE HAND, I PRAY THEE, O LORD MY GOD, BE ON ME, AND ON MY FATHER'S HOUSE; BUT NOT ON THY PEOPLE, THAT THEY SHOULD BE... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE ANGEL OF THE LORD COMMANDED GAD TO SAY TO DAVID, THAT DAVID SHOULD GO UP, AND SET UP AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE._ The angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say ... The order about the erection of an altar, as well as the indication of its site, is desc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID WENT UP AT THE SAYING OF GAD, WHICH HE SPAKE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ORNAN TURNED BACK, AND SAW THE ANGEL; AND HIS FOUR SONS WITH HIM HID THEMSELVES. NOW ORNAN WAS THRESHING WHEAT._ Ornan turned back, and saw the angel, [The Septuagint has: kai epestrepsen Orna, kai eide ton basilea, and Ornan turned back, and saw the king. This is the reading in 2 Samuel 24:20... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS DAVID CAME TO ORNAN, ORNAN LOOKED AND SAW DAVID, AND WENT OUT OF THE THRESHINGFLOOR, AND BOWED HIMSELF TO DAVID WITH HIS FACE TO THE GROUND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ORNAN SAID UNTO DAVID, TAKE IT TO THEE, AND LET MY LORD THE KING DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD IN HIS EYES: LO, I GIVE THEE THE OXEN ALSO FOR BURNT OFFERINGS, AND THE THRESHING INSTRUMENTS FOR WOOD, AND THE WHEAT FOR THE MEAT OFFERING; I GIVE IT ALL._ I GIVE THEE ... THE THRESHING INSTRUMENTS FOR WOOD... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING DAVID SAID TO ORNAN, NAY; BUT I WILL VERILY BUY IT FOR THE FULL PRICE: FOR I WILL NOT TAKE THAT WHICH IS THINE FOR THE LORD, NOR OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS WITHOUT COST._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO DAVID GAVE TO ORNAN FOR THE PLACE SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF GOLD BY WEIGHT._ David gave ... for the place six hundred shekels of gold. At first he bought only the cattle and the threshing instruments, for which he paid 50 shekels of silver (2 Samuel 24:24); afterward he purchased the whole propert... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID BUILT THERE AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS, AND CALLED UPON THE LORD; AND HE ANSWERED HIM FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE UPON THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING._ David built there an altar. He went in procession with his leading men from the royal palace, down mou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD COMMANDED THE ANGEL; AND HE PUT UP HIS SWORD AGAIN INTO THE SHEATH THEREOF._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THAT TIME WHEN DAVID SAW THAT THE LORD HAD ANSWERED HIM IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE, THEN HE SACRIFICED THERE._ When David saw ... he sacrificed there - or he continued to sacrifice there. Perceiving his sacrifice was acceptable, he proceeded to make additional offerings there,... [ Continue Reading ]