Because there fell wrath - This literally means, “And there fell wrath.” The outpouring of God’s wrath was not the reason Joab stopped. His …

Joab the son of Zeruiah began — or, had begun. This clearly refers to 1 Chronicles 21:6. Joab omitte…

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number
By the order of David, but entirely against his own will, see ([Reference 1 …

The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's possessions, had the oversight and charge of the king's cultivated land, his vineyards, his …