Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Samuel 24:20

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 24:20

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 24:20

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground." — 2 Samuel 24:20 (ASV)

And his servants - In Chronicles it says his four sons, namely, David’s. It is very possible that David may have taken his sons with him, as well as his elders. Gad’s original narrative may have mentioned this circumstance, which the compiler of this chapter did not care to specify, and so used the general term his servants.