Poole's Outline of 2 Samuel 24: David's Numbering of the People
- Dr. Dilday
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David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people; who are thirteen hundred thousand fighting men, 1-9. David acknowledgeth his sin in it: having three judgments propounded by God, he is in great distress, and chooseth the pestilence; of which seventy thousand men die, 10-15. David by his humiliation preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem, 16, 17. He by Gad’s direction and order from God purchaseth Araunah’s threshing-floor to build an altar there; on which having sacrificed, the plague stayeth, 18-25.
Richard Sibbes' Description of Christ: 'Now, by Christ's example we should learn this, not to be vainglorious, not to make a great noise. You have some, if they do anything that is good, presently all the world must know it. This was not Christ's disposition. It is a disposition that is hardly wrought out of man's heart without an exceeding great measure of the Spirit of God; for we see good men have been given this way. David would number the people, that it might be known what a great monarch he was, what a great number of people he had, 2 Sam 24. He was a good man, yet vainglorious. He smarted for it. So good Hezekiah. Ambassadors wer…
William Gurnall's Christian in Complete Armour: 'The true heart shows its plain dealing with itself, as in searching, so in judging itself, when once testimony comes in clear against it, and conscience tells it, "Soul, in this duty thou betrayedst pride, in that affection, frowardness and impatience." Such a one is not long before it proceeds to judgment, and this it doth with so much vehemency and severity, that it plainly appears zeal for God, whom he hath dishonoured, makes him forget all self-pity. He lays about him in humbling and abasing himself, as the sons of Levi in executing justice on their brethren who knew "neither brother nor sister" in that act. Truly such an heroic act is thi…
Matthew Henry: 'The last words of David, which we read in the chapter before, were admirably good, but in this chapter we read of some of his last works, which were none of the best; yet he repented, and did his first works again, and so he finished well. We have here, I. His sin, which was numbering the people in the pride of his heart, ver. 1-9. II. His conviction of the sin, and repentance for it, ver. 10. III. The judgment inflicted upon him for it, ver. 11-15. IV. The staying of the judgment, ver. 16-17. V. The erecting of an altar in token of God's reconciliation to him and his people, ver. 18-25.'
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