1Ch 21:1 | Clarke | STEP | David is tempted by Satan to take the numbers of the people of Israel and Judah, , . Joab remonstrates, but the king is determined, and Joab pleads in vain, , . He returns, and delivers in the number to the king, but reckons not Levi and Benjamin, . The Lord is displeased, and sends Gad to offer David his choice of three great national calamities; famine, war, or pestilence, . David submits himself to God, and a pestilence is sent, which destroys seventy thousand, , . At David's intercession the destroying angel is restrained at the threshing-floor of Ornan, . He buys the piece of ground, builds an altar to the Lord and offers sacrifices, and the plague is stayed, . Verse 1 And Satan stood up against Israel - See the notes on the parallel place, (note), etc.

‏ 1 Chronicles 21:1

Introduction

David is tempted by Satan to take the numbers of the people of Israel and Judah, 1Chr 21:1, 1Chr 21:2. Joab remonstrates, but the king is determined, and Joab pleads in vain, 1Chr 21:3, 1Chr 21:4. He returns, and delivers in the number to the king, but reckons not Levi and Benjamin, 1Chr 21:5. The Lord is displeased, and sends Gad to offer David his choice of three great national calamities; famine, war, or pestilence, 1Chr 21:6-12. David submits himself to God, and a pestilence is sent, which destroys seventy thousand, 1Chr 21:13, 1Chr 21:14. At David's intercession the destroying angel is restrained at the threshing-floor of Ornan, 1Chr 21:15-17. He buys the piece of ground, builds an altar to the Lord and offers sacrifices, and the plague is stayed, 1Chr 21:18-30.

Verse 1

And Satan stood up against Israel - See the notes on the parallel place, 2Sam 24:1 (note), etc.