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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:18

The angel commanded that David should go and set up an altar This command was a blessed token of reconciliation. For if God had been pleased to kill him, he would not have commanded, because he would not have accepted, a sacrifice at his hands.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It has been observed that it is only in books of a late period that Angels are brought forward as intermediaries between God and the prophets. This, no doubt, is true; and it is certainly unlikely tha...

  • 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

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE REPENTED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. OMAN: or Araunah in 2 Samuel 24....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _go up, and set up_ R.V. GO UP, AND REAR; cp. 2 Samuel 24:18....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN THE ANGEL OF THE LORD COMMANDED GAD TO SAY TO DAVID, THAT DAVID SHOULD GO UP, AND SET UP AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE._ The angel of the Lord commanded Gad...

  • 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

    THE ANGEL.. GAD] For divine communications made to prophets through angels cp. 1 Kings 13:18; 1 Kings 19:5; 1 Kings 19:7; Zechariah 1:11, etc.

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 21 David prepares for the construction of the *temple –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN THE ANGEL OF THE LORD COMMANDED GAD TO SAY TO DAVID. — Rather, _Now the angel had told Gad to tell David._ In Samuel, the mediation of the angel is not mentioned. There we read, “And Gad came tha...

  • 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

    וּ מַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֶל ־גָּ֖ד לֵ

  • 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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Altar. Hence it appears that holy men erected altars by God's command. (Du Hamel)_...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    See Gill "1Ch 21:1"....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. Ver. 18. _Then the angel of the Lord....

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    1 Chr. 21:18, to the end, and 22:1. See note on 2 Samuel 24:18. 1 Chr. 23:26...

  • 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

    Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, this being located on the summit of wha...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 21:18 angel H4397 LORD H3068 commanded H559 (H8804) Gad H1410 say H559 (H8800) David H1732 D

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

  • 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...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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 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

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 21:11; 1 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Samuel 24:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Set up an altar, &c. — The commanding of David to build an altar, was a blessed token of reconciliation. For if God had been pleased to kill him, he would not have commanded, because he would not have...

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