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So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
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The Reality of Judgment
The verse starkly states that 70,000 Israelites died as a direct consequence of the pestilence God sent. This was the specific judgment David chose when presented with three options. Commentators note that this event underscores the severe and real consequences of sin, particularly the sin of a leader which can impact an entire nation.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel. —So Samuel. The rest of our verse is abridged. From Samuel we learn that the pla…
Baptist
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
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Presbyterian
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…
