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When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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God's Compassionate 'Repentance'

When the Bible says God "repented," commentators explain it doesn't mean He changed His mind as humans do. Rather, it's a way of describing His change of action based on His character. Moved by compassion for Jerusalem, the city of His presence and the future temple, God mercifully commanded the plague to stop, declaring, "It is enough."

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2 Samuel

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John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Samuel 24:16

17th Century

Pastor

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it
Which, as it w…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Samuel 24:16–17

17th Century

Minister

Perhaps there was more wickedness (especially more pride) in Jerusalem than elsewhere, and that was the sin then chastised. Therefore, the hand of …

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