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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:26

He answered him from heaven by fire - This fact is not mentioned by the author of Samuel, since his object is to give an account of the sin of David, its punishment, and the circumstances by which that punishment was brought to a close, not to connect those circumstances with anything further in the history. With the writer of Chronicles the case is different. He would probably have omitted the whole narrative, as he did the sin of David in the matter of Uriah, but for its connection with the fixing of the temple site 1 Chronicles 22. It was no doubt mainly the fact that God answered him by fire from heaven on this altar, which determined David, and Solomon after him, to build the temple on the spot so consecrated.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Chronicles 21:26. _HE ANSWERED HIM - BY FIRE_] In answer to David's prayers, God, to show that he had accepted him, and was now pacified towards him and the people, sent fire from heaven and c...

  • 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

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE. All sacrifices accepted by God were consumed by fire from heaven, not kindled on earth. See note on Genesis 4:4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _peace offerings_ See 1 Chronicles 16:1, note. At the end of the verse LXX. (cp. Pesh.) adds, _and consumed the burnt offering_. Cp. 1 Kings 18:38. The fire is not mentioned in 2 Sam....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID BUILT THERE AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS, AND CALLED UPON THE LORD; AND HE ANSWERED HIM FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE UPON THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING._ Da...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ANSWERED.. BY FIRE] Other instances of sacrifices consumed by fire from heaven occur in Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1. This fact is not recorded by the writer of Samuel, but is speci...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND DAVID BUILT... PEACE OFFERINGS. — Word for word as in Samuel. AND CALLED UPON THE LORD. — Not in Samuel, where the narrative ends with the words, “And the Lord was entreated for the land, and the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (18-27) The purchase of Ornan’s threshingfloor as a place of sacrifice....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤יד מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַ יהוָ

  • 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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he (n) answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. ...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • 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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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

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  • 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

    The Sacrifice on Ornan's Threshing-Floor....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, both in atonement for his sin and to restore the proper fellowship with the Lord, AND CALLED UPON THE LOR...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM HEAVEN BY FIRE, Heb. _by fire_ sent FROM HEAVEN; which was the sign of God's acceptance. See LEVITICUS 9:24 1 KINGS 18:24,38 2 CHRONICLES 7:1....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 21:26 David H1732 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 LORD H3068 offered H5927 (H8686) offerings...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    David was commanded to go to Ornan, or Araunah, the Jebusite, to rear an altar unto the Lord in his threshingfloor. There had been a terrible plague in Jerusalem, in consequence of David's great sin i...

  • 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

    _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 21:18 RAISE AN ALTAR. This was done to mark the special nature of the place and situation (compare Genesis 22:9). This

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 21:26 DAVID BUILT THERE AN ALTAR. See note on 2 Sam. 24:25. THE LORD ANSWERED HIM WITH FIRE FROM HEAVEN, sig

  • 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

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; 2 Chronic

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    By fire — Heb. by fire sent from heaven: which was the sign of God's acceptance. The fire that might justly have fastened on the sinner, fastened upon the sacrifice and consumed it. Thus Christ was ma...

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