David Guzik commentary on 2 Samuel 24, where David commands a census to be taken, but is punished by God for it before he builts God and altar.

19 дек. 2023 г. · The census displeases God, and David is forced to choose between 3 punishments. God afflicts Israel with a plague, killing 70,000 people.

God judges not of sin as we do. What appears to us harmless, or at least but a small offence, may be a great sin in the eye of God, who sees men's principles, ...

A terrible plague, seen as God's judgment upon David for taking a census of the people, is averted after David, following the advice of a prophet, ...

18 янв. 2019 г. · This book concludes with a narrative of divine wrath against Israel, as well as detailing the sin of David in engineering a national census.

"The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel" It is considered uncertain by many as to why God was angry with Israel; but Keil and Payne both accepted the ...

1Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah." 2So the king said to Joab ...

The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

7 апр. 2023 г. · God's purpose was to purify Job's faith and ennoble his character through the discipline of adversity. Satan's purpose was purely malicious; he ...

If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God would forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, that sin which we cast away by sincere repentance.