2 Samuel 24:1 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Samuel 24:1

David’s Census of Israel and Judah

1 Again ^athe anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, ^b“Go, number Israel and Judah.”

2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, ^afrom Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that ^bI may know the number of the people.”

3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God ^aadd to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?”

4 Nevertheless the king’s word¹ prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

5 And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in ^aAroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward ^bJazer.

6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to ^aDan Jaan and around to ^bSidon;

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DAVID NUMBERS THE PEOPLE. (II Samuel 24:1-9)

again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah—"Again" carries us back to the former tokens of His wrath in the three years' famine [II Samuel 21:1]. God, though He cannot tempt any man (James 1:13), is frequently described in Scripture as doing what He merely permits to be done; and so, in this case, He permitted Satan to tempt David. Satan was the active mover, while God only withdrew His supporting grace, and the great tempter prevailed against the king. (See Exodus 7:13; I Samuel 26:19; II Samuel 16:10; Psalms 105:25; Isaiah 7:17, etc.). The order was given to Joab, who, though not generally restrained by religious scruples, did not fail to present, in strong terms (see on I Chronicles 21:3), the sin and danger of this measure. He used every argument to dissuade the king from his purpose. The sacred history has not mentioned the objections which he and other distinguished officers urged against it in the council of David. But it expressly states that they were all overruled by the inflexible resolution of the king.

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David’s Census of Israel and Judah

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