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4. DAVID'S FAILURE: THE ALTAR ON THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH
CHAPTER 24
_ 1. The numbering of the people (2 Samuel 24:1)_
2. The sin acknowledged and Gad's message (2 Samuel 24:10)
3. The pesti...
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1 SAMUEL 24. THE CENSUS (J). (_Cf._ p. 292.) This event also may
belong to the beginning of David's reign over all Israel.
2 SAMUEL 24:1. Here is another illustration of the imperfect
recognition of...
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Purchase of Araunah's threshingfloor and erection of an altar there
18. _Gad came_ By direction of the angel, according to 1 Chronicles
21:18. Gad's message was the answer to David's prayer, the
annou...
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_The Plague Stayed._ 2 Samuel 24:16-25
16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy
it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that
destroyed the people, It...
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_AND ARAUNAH SAID, WHEREFORE IS MY LORD THE KING COME TO HIS SERVANT?
AND DAVID SAID, TO BUY THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF THEE, TO BUILD AN ALTAR
UNTO THE LORD, THAT THE PLAGUE MAY BE STAYED FROM THE PEOPLE....
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THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND ITS PENALTY
In punishment for David's sin in numbering the people, God sends a
pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the
plague, David erec...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 24
DAVID COUNTS THE *ISRAELITES
V1 Again the *Lord was angry with *Israel. He made David cause trouble
for the *Israelites. He said...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲרַ֔וְנָה מַדּ֛וּעַ
בָּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי...
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CHAPTER XXXII.
_ THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL._
2 Samuel 24:1
THOUGH David's life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor
his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences was
co...
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JUDGMENT STAYED BY SACRIFICE
2 Samuel 24:15
The pestilence swept through the land like cholera or the black death
in modern times. At last it approached the Holy City. It seemed as if
the angel of th...
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The Book closes with one other picture, reminding us of the direct
government of the people by God in that He visited the king and the
nation with punishment for numbering the people.
It has been obje...
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And (l) Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his
servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build
an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the peop...
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(16) And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel
that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And...
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In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course
no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only
a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
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Chapter 24 leads us into a subject which requires particular notice.
The wrath of God is kindled again against Israel. It is not in the
mind of the Spirit to inform us on what occasion this took place...
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AND ARAUNAH SAID, WHEREFORE IS MY LORD THE KING COME TO HIS
SERVANT?.... Which both implies admiration in him, that so great a
person should visit him in his threshingfloor; that a king should come
to...
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And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?
And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar
unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people....
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_Wherefore is my lord the king come?_ Wherefore doth the king do me
this honour, and give himself the trouble of coming to me? _Behold,
here be the oxen_ Which were employed by him in his present work...
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1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth Ioab to number the people.
5 The captaines in nine moneths and twentie dayes, bring the muster of
eleuen thousand fighting men.
10 Dauid hauing three plagues propou...
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And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?
And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar
unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people....
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THE PESTILENCE...
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The reason for God's anger burning against Israel (v.1) is not told
us: if there is no public occasion for it, then it must be due to the
moral and spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that...
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18-25 God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is
an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the
ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering....
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2 Samuel 24:21 Araunah H728 said H559 (H8799) lord H113 king H4428
come H935 (H8804) servant H5650 David...
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CONTENTS: David's sin in numbering the people. His choice of
punishment.
CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Joab, David, Gad, Araunah.
CONCLUSION: God does not judge of sin as we do. What appears to us...
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2 Samuel 24:1. _The Lord moved David._ He permitted Satan to stand up
against Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1.
2 Samuel 24:9. There were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men
that drew the sword; and...
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_So the Lord sent a pestilence._
THE PLAGUE STAYED
It was time of peace and prosperity in Israel. King David’s rule had
been blessed, and the people dwelt in safety. In the midst of this
happy quiet...
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_Go, number Israel and Judah._
DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE
I. The sin committed by David. It is possible that David dwelt with
satisfaction upon the thought of his ample resources and numerous
armies,...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 24:1 The Lord’s anger and David’s sin
lead to a plague. It also leads to the purchase of a place of worship
in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 24:1. “AGAIN,” Evidently referring to the famine
mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1. “ISRAEL.” Some special national guilt
not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers suppose,
this oc...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 24:1
AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF JEHOVAH WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL. It is
probable that this chapter once stood in intimate connection with 2
Samuel 21:1; and that the famine therein...
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Chapter twenty four,
Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved
David against them to say, Go, and number Israel and Judah. For the
king said to Joab the captain of the host...
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1 Chronicles 21:22; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 24:18; 2 Samuel 24:3;...