From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 16: [1]   ( Ex. 12:23; 1 Chron. 21:15 ) And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, ( Gen. 6:6; 1 Sam. 15:11; Joel 2:13, 14 ) the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough:  stay now thine hand.  And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah ( 1 Chron. 21:15, Ornan ; [2]  see 2 Sam. 24:18; 2 Chron. 3:1 ) the Jebusite. [ When the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand ]  Tha

Verse 10: [1]   And ( 1 Sam. 24:5 ) David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.  And David said unto the LORD, ( 2 Sam. 12:13 ) I have sinned greatly in that I have done:  and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have ( 1 Sam. 13:13 ) done very foolishly. [ David’s heart smote him  (thus Piscator)]  He began to repent, etc., or to be vexed on account of that deed (Vatablus, similarly Piscator, Malvenda).  He was smitten

Verse 9: [1]   And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king:  ( see 1 Chron. 21:5 ) and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. [ Joab gave the number of the record of the people , ‎אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם]  The number of the census  (or of the numbering  [Pagnine], of the computation  [Vatablus], of the inspection  [Septuagint]) of the people  (Montanus, Juniu

Verse 3: [1]   And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it :  but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? [ May the Lord add, etc .]  Joab perceived that this matter was going to be inconvenient.  Joab was sagacious, but in the matters of others rather than his own:  he was giving David good advice, but it accomplished nothing (Martyr).  He wants to de