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David said to God, Isn`t it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father`s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.
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A Leader's Repentant Heart
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon see this moment as David "at his best." Despite his grievous sin, his immediate response is to intercede for his people. He acts as a true shepherd-king, asking God to punish him and his family instead of the "sheep." This self-sacrificial spirit is compared to the pleas of Moses and Paul, revealing the heart of a leader who truly loves his people more than himself.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 21:17
19th Century
Bishop
And David said to God. —Samuel reads, “Jehovah.” Samuel adds, when he saw the angel that smote the people (see o…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Chronicles 21:17
19th Century
Preacher
Here we see David at his best; and what a true patriot he is! He interposes himself, preferring that he himself be destroyed rather than that the p…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 21:17
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 21:1–30
17th Century
Minister
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…