2 Samuel 24
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter Summary
David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people. After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem. David, by Jehovah's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing-floor; where having sacrificed, the plague is stayed.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
King who orders the census, confesses his sin, and builds an altar that stays the plague
Army commander who objects to the census but carries it out at the king's command
The prophet and David's seer who brings Jehovah's three choices and directs him to build the altar
The Jebusite who owns the threshing-floor David buys for fifty shekels to raise the altar
Timeline
Jehovah's anger burns against Israel, moving David to order Joab to number the people of Israel and Judah. Joab questions the command, but David's word prevails.
2 Samuel 24:1-4Joab and the army commanders travel throughout the land for nine months and twenty days, returning to report 800,000 swordsmen in Israel and 500,000 in Judah.
2 Samuel 24:5-9After the census, David is conscience-stricken and confesses his foolish sin to Jehovah, asking Him to take away his iniquity.
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