Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 21:14
There fell of Israel He was proud of the number of his people, but God took a course to make them fewer. Justly is that which we are proud of taken from us, or imbittered to us.
There fell of Israel He was proud of the number of his people, but God took a course to make them fewer. Justly is that which we are proud of taken from us, or imbittered to us.
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....
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...
_there fell of Israel_ 2 Sam. adds, _from Dan even to Beer-sheba_. The pestilence was throughout the whole land....
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...
_SO THE LORD SENT PESTILENCE UPON ISRAEL: AND THERE FELL OF ISRAEL SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN._ So the Lord ......
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....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 21 David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...
(14-17) The Pestilence....
SO THE LORD SENT PESTILENCE UPON ISRAEL. — So Samuel. The rest of our verse is abridged. From Samuel we learn that the plague raged throughout the land from dawn to the time of the evening sacrifice....
וַ יִּתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה דֶּ֖בֶר בְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ו
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...
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...
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...
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...
See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....
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....
David's Sin and its Consequences...
So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men....
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 21:14 LORD H3068 sent H5414 (H8799) plague H1698 Israel H3478 seventy H7657 thousand H505 men H3
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_Thus saith the Lord, choose thee._ THE AWFUL JUDGMENTS I. Judgments entailed by one man’s sin. II. Judgments easily prepared for execution. III. Judgments sent according to human preference. IV....
_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...
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
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 21:14 On RELENTED (v. 1 Chronicles 21:15), see...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 6:19; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Samuel 24:15; Exodus 12:30; Nu
There fell, &c. — He was proud of the number of his people, but God took a course to make them fewer. Justly is that we are proud of so, taken from us, or embittered to us....