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Verse 1 Chronicles 21:26. _HE ANSWERED HIM - BY FIRE_] In answer to
David's prayers, God, to show that he had accepted him, and was now
pacified towards him and the people, sent fire from heaven and
c...
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HE ANSWERED HIM FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE - This fact is not mentioned by
the author of Samuel, since his object is to give an account of the
sin of David, its punishment, and the circumstances by which tha...
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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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FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE. All sacrifices accepted by God were consumed by
fire from heaven, not kindled on earth. See note on Genesis 4:4....
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_peace offerings_ See 1 Chronicles 16:1, note. At the end of the verse
LXX. (cp. Pesh.) adds, _and consumed the burnt offering_. Cp. 1 Kings
18:38. The fire is not mentioned in 2 Sam....
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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 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._
Da...
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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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ANSWERED.. BY FIRE] Other instances of sacrifices consumed by fire
from heaven occur in Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1.
This fact is not recorded by the writer of Samuel, but is speci...
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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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(18-27) The purchase of Ornan’s threshingfloor as a place of
sacrifice....
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AND DAVID BUILT... PEACE OFFERINGS. — Word for word as in Samuel.
AND CALLED UPON THE LORD. — Not in Samuel, where the narrative ends
with the words, “And the Lord was entreated for the land, and the...
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וַ יִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤יד מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙
לַ יהוָ
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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 David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he (n)
answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
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_Fire, to testify his approbation. (Worthington; Tirinus) See Genesis
iv. 4., and 2 Paralipomenon vii. 1. (Calmet) --- This altar
represented the cross, on which the Victim of our reconciliation
[Jesu...
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I refer the Reader to the account as given in the book of Samuel, as
also to the Commentary upon it. The relation of this transaction is so
similar, that I do not think it necessary to swell the subje...
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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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_He answered him from heaven by fire_ Hebrew, _by fire from heaven;_
which was a sign of God's acceptance. The fire that might justly have
fastened on the sinner, fastened upon the sacrifice and consu...
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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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FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE, Heb. _by fire_ sent FROM HEAVEN; which was the
sign of God's acceptance. See LEVITICUS 9:24 1 KINGS 18:24,38 2
CHRONICLES 7:1....
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1 Chronicles 21:26 David H1732 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 LORD
H3068 offered H5927 (H8686) offerings...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 21:18 RAISE AN ALTAR. This was
done to mark the special nature of the place and situation (compare
Genesis 22:9). This
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 21:26 DAVID BUILT THERE AN ALTAR.
See note on 2 Sam. 24:25. THE LORD ANSWERED HIM WITH FIRE FROM HEAVEN,
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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 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; 2 Chronic
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By fire — Heb. by fire sent from heaven: which was the sign of God's
acceptance. The fire that might justly have fastened on the sinner,
fastened upon the sacrifice and consumed it. Thus Christ was ma...