either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
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And the angel of the Lord destroying... These words are not in Samuel, which presents the third alternative briefly. They prepare the way fo…

The Divine wrath, declared by Gad the seer.

Therefore he smote Israel. And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the…

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes