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2 Samuel 24:23-24

2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 Samuel 24:23 David feels that, because he is the one who sinned, and because it is for the sake of the nation, he should pay for the sacrifice. He pays fifty shekels of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen.

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See also 2 Samuel 24:23-24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 24:23. _AS A KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING._] Literally, _All these_ _did King Araunah give unto the king_. That there could not be a king of the Jebusites on Mount Moriah, is sufficiently...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Either, “the whole O king does Araunah give unto the king;” or (2) “the whole did king Araunah give to the king.” The former is preferable....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _All these things_, &c. Render, THE WHOLE DOTH ARAUNAH, O KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING. The words are a continuation of Araunah's speech in 2 Samuel 24:22. Cp. 1 Chronicles 21:23. Although the rendering,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ALL THESE THINGS DID ARAUNAH, AS A KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING, &C.— _All these things did Araunah give to the king._ Houbigant; who observes, that the words _as a king_ are not read in many of the ancie...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ALL THESE THINGS DID ARAUNAH, AS A KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING. AND ARAUNAH SAID UNTO THE KING, THE LORD THY GOD ACCEPT THEE._ All these things did Araunah, as a king, х_ 'ARAWªNAAH_ (H728) _ HAMELEK_...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This v. continues Araunah's speech: RV 'all this, O king, doth Araunah give.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL THESE THINGS DID ARAUNAH. — This clause should be rendered as a part of Araunah’s address to David: “The whole, O king, does Araunah give unto the king.” (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21:23.) Then, after a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ כֹּ֗ל נָתַ֛ן אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ לַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    All these [things] did Araunah, (m) [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. (m) That is, abundantly, for as some write, he was king of Jerusalem...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    As a king. Literally, king Areuna:" e may have been substituted for c, "like," though the latter word is often understood. (Haydock) --- Some suppose that he was formerly king of the Jebusites, (Vatab...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ALL THESE [THINGS] DID ARAUNAH, [AS] A KING, GIVE UNTO THE KING,.... The note of similitude as is not in the text; from whence some have thought he was king of the Jebusites before Jerusalem was taken...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. Ver. 23. _All these things did Araunah as a king give unto the king._] H...

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

    _All these things did Araunah as a king_ That is, with a royal bounty; _give unto the king_ He not only offered, but actually gave them; he resigned his right and property in them to David; though Dav...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. These words are a continuation of his speech: All this gives Araunah, O king, to the king. AND ARAUNAH, after a pause, SAID UNTO THE KING,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PESTILENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS A KING; the particle as being understood, as it oft is in the Hebrew, i.e. with a royal bounty. Or, _Arannab the king_, as he might be called, either because he was king of the Jebusites before Dav...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 24:23 king H4428 Araunah H728 given H5414 (H8804) king H4428 Araunah H728 said H559 (H8799) king...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:5; 1 Timothy 2:1; 1 Timothy 2:2; Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 20:41

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