And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Commentaries
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The Pestilence.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
19th Century
Baptist
19th Century
Here the great heart of the man who had sinned comes out again: he is no tyrant after all, he is a worthy man to be the Viceroy of the Most High. H…
John Gill
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
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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Charles Ellicott
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