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Verse 1 Chronicles 21:13. _DAVID SAID - I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT_] The
Targum reasons thus: "And David said to Gad, If I choose _famine_, the
Israelites may say, The granaries of David are full of corn...
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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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GREAT. many....
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_into the hand of the Lord_ David deprecates war, and prefers famine
or pestilence....
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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 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 o...
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21:13 great; (a-28) Or 'very many.'...
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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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(7-13) The Divine wrath, declared by Gad the seer....
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AND DAVID SAID. — Almost identical with Samuel. “Let me fall”
looks like an improvement of Samuel, “Let us fall.” The word
“very” (not in Sam.) is perhaps an accidental repetition from the
Hebrew of _...
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וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל ־גָּ֖ד צַר
־לִ֣י
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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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_Men. Susanna spoke on a different supposition, (Daniel xiii. 23., and
Ecclesiasticus ii. 22.) of eternal punishment, in consequence of sin.
David prefers to be punished by the hand of a tender father...
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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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_ALTERNATIVES OF PUNISHMENT OFFERED AND BALANCED_
‘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...
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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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_Either three years of famine_ In 2 Samuel 24:13, it is said the
prophet propounded to _David seven years of famine_, concerning which
see the note there. _Let me fall now into the hand of the Lord_ T...
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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 David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait, the entire matter now
oppressed him severely. LET ME FALL NOW INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD, FOR
VERY GREAT ARE HIS MERCIES; BUT LET ME NOT FALL INTO THE H...
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GREAT:
Or, many...
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1 Chronicles 21:13 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Gad H1410 great H3966
distress H6887 (H8804) fall H5307
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1 Chronicles 21:13
I. The sin of David in numbering the people was _self-confidence_;
pride in his own strength, and forgetfulness of the source of all his
strength, even of God. It was the greater si...
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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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_Thus saith the Lord, choose thee._
THE AWFUL JUDGMENTS
I. Judgments entailed by one man’s sin.
II. Judgments easily prepared for execution.
III. Judgments sent according to human preference.
IV....
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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 21:7 David’s confession of guilt
regarding the census leads him to appeal to God’s MERCY, which IS
VERY GREAT....
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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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2 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Kings 6:15; 2 Kings 7:4; Esther 4:11; Esther 4:16