1 Chronicles 21:1

And Satan stood up against Israel In 2 Sam. "And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel," a former occasion being at the time of the famine (2 Samuel 21:1). By Satan("adversary") is meant some hostile spiritual being, such as is mentioned in Job 1:6 ff.; Zechariah 3:1 ff., the very opposite in fact of a guardian angel such as the Michael of Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1.

and provoked R.V. and moved, as 2 Sam., the Heb. word being the same.

to number (cp. 1 Chronicles 27:23-24) should be like the stars, beyond numbering.