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Verse 1 Chronicles 21:6. _LEVI AND BENJAMIN COUNTED HE NOT_] The
rabbins give the following reason for this: Joab, seeing that this
would bring down destruction upon the people, purposed to save two...
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To omit the Levites would be to follow the precedent recorded in
Numbers 1:47. The omission of Benjamin must he ascribed to a
determination on the part of Joab to frustrate the king’s intention,
where...
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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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_Levi_ In Numbers 1:49 it is ordained that Levi is not to be numbered
among the children of Israel, i.e. treated as liable to military
service. The Levites were, however, numbered separately; Numbers...
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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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_BUT LEVI AND BENJAMIN COUNTED HE NOT AMONG THEM: FOR THE KING'S WORD
WAS ABOMINABLE TO JOAB._
Levi and Benjamin counted he not. If this census was ordered with a
view to the imposition of taxes, thi...
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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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BUT LEVI, etc.] This is not mentioned in 2 S. If the numbering of the
people was due to a presumptuous reliance upon material resources, or
some specific command connected with the taking of a census...
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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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(1-6) The Census....
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BUT LEVI ... — This verse is wanting in Samuel, but it probably
existed in the original source. There is nothing in the style to
suggest a later hand; while the word “counted” (_pâqad_)_,_ which
has n...
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וְ לֵוִי֙ וּ בִנְיָמִ֔ן לֹ֥א פָקַ֖ד
בְּ
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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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_Number. These might therefore escape the pestilence. (Du Hamel) ---
For. Hebrew, "because the king's word was abominable to Joab." We read
that Benjamin was numbered unto David, chap. vii. 5, 11. But...
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There is a difference in the account here given, from that of 2 Samuel
24:9. Perhaps Levi and Benjamin might not be numbered in the one as in
the other....
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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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_Levi and Benjamin counted he not_ Partly for the following reason,
and principally by God's gracious providence to Levi, because they
were devoted to his service; and to Benjamin, because they were 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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But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them, for the king's word
was abominable to Joab. It seems that the tribe of Benjamin would have
been the last to be numbered, and that Joab, before visiting...
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LEVI AND BENJAMIN COUNTED HE NOT AMONG THEM; partly for the following
reason, and principally by God's special and gracious providence to
these two tribes; to Levi, because they were devoted to his se...
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1 Chronicles 21:6 count H6485 (H8804) Levi H3878 Benjamin H1144 among
H8432 kings H4428 word H1697 abominable...
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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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1 Chronicles 21:1. _And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked
David to number Israel._
Israel had greatly offended and grieved God, and it was to be
punished. God punished one sin by another: t...
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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 21:5 The Chronicler adds that JOAB
found David’s census ABHORRENT (again emphasizing David’s
sinfulness). Because of this, Joab did not include the priestly tribe
of...
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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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Counted not — Partly for the following reason; and principally by
God's gracious providence to Levi, because they were devoted to his
service; and to Benjamin, because they were the least of all the
t...
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Why do the numbers of men recorded in 2 Samuel 24:9 and in 1
Chronicles 21:5-6 disagree?
PROBLEM: When David was moved to number the people of Israel and
Judah, he sent Joab to carry out the task. Acc...