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Verse 2 Samuel 24:14. _I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT: LET US FALL NOW INTO
THE HAND_ _OF THE LORD_] David acted nobly in this business. Had he
chosen _war_, his own _personal safety_ was in no danger, becau...
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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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MERCIES. compassions.
GREAT. manifold.
MAN. Hebrew. _'adatn_. App-14....
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The choice of punishments
10. _David's heart smote him_ Conscience accused him, and he became
aware of his guilt. He recognised the sinfulness of the proud and
vainglorious spirit of self-confidence...
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_his mercies are great_ Cp. Psalms 51:1; and the reference to this
passage in Sir 2:17-18 : "They that fear the Lord will prepare their
hearts, and humble their souls in his sight, saying, We will fal...
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DISCOURSE: 328
DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE
2 Samuel 24:11. When David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord
came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and say unto
David, Thus saith the...
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_The Plague._ 2 Samuel 24:10-15
10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have
done: and now, I beseech thee,...
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_AND DAVID SAID UNTO GAD, I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT: LET US FALL NOW INTO
THE HAND OF THE LORD; FOR HIS MERCIES ARE GREAT: AND LET ME NOT FALL
INTO THE HAND OF MAN._
David said ... I am in a great strai...
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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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LET US FALL NOW INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD. Here the spirit of David in
his earlier years reappears; he chooses that form of punishment which
seems to him most directly and immediately dependent upon G...
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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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A PROUD HEART HUMBLED
2 Samuel 24:1
The sin of numbering the people lay in its _motive._ David was
animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a
fine showing among the surroundi...
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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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Lord, and be exposed to the violence of pestilence, which attacks both
rich and poor; whereas the rich can frequently escape the dangers of
war, or of famine. (Calmet) --- David knew that he had sinne...
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(14) And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not
fall into the hand of man. (15) So the LORD sent a pestilence...
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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 DAVID SAID UNTO GAD, I AM IN A GREAT STRAIT,.... Not knowing well
which to choose, each of them being so grievous, and an answer being
to be returned immediately; but by his next words, and by the...
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And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall
into the hand of man.
Ver. 14. _I am in a great strait._]...
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_Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord_ Let us receive punishment
from his immediate stroke, that is, by famine or pestilence, but
chiefly by the latter. For though the sword and the famine be als...
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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 David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait, in great fear and
anguish. LET US FALL NOW INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD; FOR HIS MERCIES
ARE GREAT; AND LET ME NOT FALL INTO THE HAND OF MAN. The first tw...
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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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GREAT:
Or, many...
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10-15 It is well, when a man has sinned, if he has a heart within to
smite him for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that
God would forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, tha...
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INTO THE HAND OF THE LORD, to wit, his immediate stroke, which is
chiefly in the pestilence; for though the sword and famine be also
God's hand, yet there is also the hand of man or other creatures in...
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2 Samuel 24:14 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Gad H1410 great H3966
distress H6887 (H8804) fall H5307 ...
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2 Samuel 24:14
Consider:
I. The different effects produced by the fear of God and the fear of
man in the case of sorrow for sin in ourselves. (1) The fear of man
leads directly to concealment, and to...
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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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_I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the Lord._
DAVID’S CHOICE OF A NATIONAL CALAMITY
The scene before us, while it is pregnant with interest on its own
account, develops two op...
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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 21:13; 1 Samuel 13:6; 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Kings 13:3;...
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Is it fearful to fall into the hands of God?
PROBLEM: David here implies that it is not fearful to fall into the
hands of the living God. In fact, he chooses it over all other
options. At the same ti...