2 Samuel 24:15 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 24:15

13 So Gad came to David and told him; and he said to him, “Shall ^aseven years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ plague in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”

14 And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the Lord, ^afor His mercies are great; but ^bdo not let me fall into the hand of man.”

15 So ^athe Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand men of the people died.

16 ^aAnd when the¹ angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, ^bthe Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of² Araunah the Jebusite.

17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely ^aI have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”

The Altar on the Threshing Floor

18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, ^a“Go up, erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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Definitions of words in 2 Samuel 24:15:

Beersheba {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Beersheba {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Beersheba {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Morning {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Plague {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Plague {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seventy {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Thousand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Dan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Dan {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing 2 Samuel 24:15:

Gad {Easton's}

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