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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:30

God. He performed what God had commanded. But he would have offered other voluntary victims at Gabaon, if he had been able. (Calmet) --- The distance shewed the propriety of building the temple at Jerusalem, (Du Hamel) which was nearly in the centre of the country. (Haydock)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Chronicles 21:30. _BECAUSE OF THE SWORD OF THE ANGEL_] This is given as a reason why David built an altar in the threshing-floor of Ornan: he was afraid to go to Gibeon, _because of the sword...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    David, knowing that by sacrifice on this altar he had caused the angel to stay his hand, was afraid to transfer his offerings elsewhere, lest the Angel should resume his task and pestilence again brea...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AFRAID: i.e. afraid [to delay] because, &c. Otherwise Gibeon was only about eight miles away....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he was afraid_ Or, HE WAS TERRIFIED. The Heb. word is unusual....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT DAVID COULD NOT GO BEFORE IT, &C.— 1:e. David could not delay so long as to go to Gibeon, because he was convinced that God had consecrated the present spot, and that it was necessary to offer sac...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE WAS AFRAID] In his alarm David was loath to leave the spot where God's favour had just been renewed to him....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 21 David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A parenthesis, relating why it was that David did not rather resort to the ancient Tabernacle, which then stood at Gibeon. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 16:39.)...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT (and) DAVID COULD NOT GO BEFORE IT — _i.e.,_ the Tabernacle at Gibeon and the altar of burnt offering (1 Chronicles 16:4; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 16:39). To enquire

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹא ־יָכֹ֥ל דָּוִ֛יד לָ לֶ֥כֶת לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READERS let us pause over this chapter to remark what a vast difference we behold in David, from what the former chapter represents him! Is this David, who so enjoyed the gracious manifest...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT DAVID COULD NOT GO BEFORE IT TO INQUIRE OF GOD,.... Which yet was the proper place to seek the Lord in: the reason follows, FOR HE WAS AFRAID, BECAUSE OF THE SWORD OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD; which...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _David could not go before it_ Did not dare to go before the tabernacle, where the altar stood. _To inquire of God_ Hebrew, לדרשׁ, _lidrosh, to seek God_, or humbly to entreat his favour by prayer and...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Sacrifice on Ornan's Threshing-Floor....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord; the appearance of the angel and the great toll of the slain had left an impression...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DAVID COULD NOT, i.e. durst not. _Before it_, i.e. before the tabernacle, where the altar stood. TO INQUIRE OF GOD, Heb. _to seek God_, i.e. humbly to beg his favour by prayer and sacrifice. BECAUSE O...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 21:30 David H1732 could H3201 (H8804) go H3212 (H8800) before H6440 inquire H1875 (H8800)

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    David was commanded to go to Ornan, or Araunah, the Jebusite, to rear an altar unto the Lord in his threshingfloor. There had been a terrible plague in Jerusalem, in consequence of David's great sin i...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    1 Chronicles 21:7. _And God was displeased with this thing;_ This numbering of Israel, which David had carried out in spite of Joab's protest: «God was displeased with this thing:» 1 Chronicles 21:7...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    1 Chronicles 21:9. _And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 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. S...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 13:12; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Samuel 6:9; Deuteronomy 10:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Afraid — When he saw the angel stand with his drawn sword over Jerusalem, he durst not go away to Gibeon, lest the angel in the mean time should destroy Jerusalem: for the prevention whereof he though...

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