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1 Chronicles 21:13

2 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Kings 6:15; 2 Kings 7:4; Esther 4:11; Esther 4:16; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Habakkuk 3:2; Hebrews 10:31; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 47:6; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 63:15; Isaiah 63:7; John 12:27; Jonah 3:9; Jonah 4:2; Lamentations 3:32; Micah 7:18; Philippians 1:23; Proverbs 12:10; Psalms 103:8; Psalms 106:7; Psalms 130:7; Psalms 5:7; Psalms 51:1; Psalms 51:2; Psalms 69:13; Psalms 69:16; Psalms 86:15; Psalms 86:5

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See also 1 Chronicles 21:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    GREAT. many....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _into the hand of the Lord_ David deprecates war, and prefers famine or pestilence....

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:13 great; (a-28) Or 'very many.'...

  • 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....

  • 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

    (7-13) The Divine wrath, declared by Gad the seer....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל ־גָּ֖ד צַר ־לִ֣י

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • 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

    See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....

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

    _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...

  • 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

    David's Sin and its Consequences...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GREAT: Or, many...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 21:13 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Gad H1410 great H3966 distress H6887 (H8804) fall H5307

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _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....

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • 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...

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