either three years of famine, or three months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of the Lord—the plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”
Commentaries
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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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The Divine wrath, declared by Gad the seer.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes