either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who 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…
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…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes