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Harmonizing the Gospels
Scholars note minor differences between this account and the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 21. For example, Samuel says Araunah saw "the king," while Chronicles says he saw "the angel." Commentators suggest these are not contradictions but complementary details. Araunah and his sons were likely hiding from the angel they had seen, and then he looked out and saw the king approaching him.
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2 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 24:20
18th Century
Theologian
And his servants - In Chronicles it says his four sons, namely, David’s. It is very possible that David may have taken his sons wit…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 24:20
19th Century
Bishop
Saw the king. —Not the angel, as in Chronicles, the Hebrew words being very similar.
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 24:20
17th Century
Pastor
And Araunah looked
Peeped up out of the place in which he had hid himself with his four sons, for fear of the angel,…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 24:18–25
17th Century
Minister
God's encouraging us to offer spiritual sacrifices to him is evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the alt…