Overview
1 Chronicles 21:1, David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people; 1 Chronicles 21:5, The number of the people being brought, David repents of it; 1 Chronicles 21:9, David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the pestilence; 1 Chronicles 21:14, After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem; 1 Chronicles 21:18, David, by Gad’s direction, purchases Ornan’s threshing- floor; where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favour by fire, and stays the plague; 1 Chronicles 21:28, David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel.

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Satan: 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 22:20-22, Job 1:6-12, Job 2:1, Job 2:4-6, Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 4:3, Luke 22:31, John 13:2, Acts 5:3, James 1:13, Revelation 12:10
provoked David: Luke 11:53, Hebrews 10:24
Reciprocal: Numbers 1:2 - Take ye the sum Numbers 26:4 - General Joshua 22:18 - he will be 1 Samuel 26:19 - stirred 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number 1 Chronicles 7:7 - were reckoned 1 Chronicles 7:40 - the number 1 Chronicles 27:24 - began to number 2 Chronicles 32:25 - General Matthew 4:10 - Satan Matthew 16:23 - Satan John 8:44 - He was 2 Corinthians 2:11 - General Revelation 12:9 - and Satan

the king's: Ecclesiastes 8:4
Wherefore: Exodus 1:17, Daniel 3:18, Acts 5:29
and went: 2 Samuel 24:3-8
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:4 - the king's

a thousand: The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel. 1 Chronicles 27:23, 2 Samuel 24:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:16 - General Numbers 1:46 - General Judges 20:17 - four hundred 1 Kings 3:8 - cannot 1 Kings 12:21 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 13:3 - four hundred Psalms 80:9 - and it

Levi: Numbers 1:47-49
Joab: 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 11:15-21, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:9 - eight hundred thousand 1 Kings 3:8 - cannot Luke 6:41 - but

And God was displeased with this thing: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 15:5
he smote: 1 Chronicles 21:14, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 22:16-26, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:14, 2 Samuel 24:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 38:10 - displeased Genesis 48:17 - displeased him Exodus 4:14 - anger Numbers 22:34 - if it displease thee 1 Kings 11:9 - angry

Gad: 1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 24:11
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:4 - in the hold 1 Chronicles 25:5 - the king's seer 2 Chronicles 29:25 - Gad

offer thee: Heb. stretch out
choose: Joshua 24:15, Proverbs 1:29-31
that I may: Numbers 20:12, 2 Samuel 12:10-12, 1 Kings 13:21, 1 Kings 13:22, Proverbs 3:12, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:12 - I offer

Choose thee: Heb. Take to thee, Proverbs 19:20
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:12 - I offer 1 Chronicles 21:18 - the angel

three years' famine: In 2 Samuel 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there פסיב ופח [Strong's G5140], three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter ז, zayin, seven, being mistaken for ג, gimmel, three. Leviticus 26:26-29, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 24:13, 1 Kings 17:1, 2 Kings 8:1, Lamentations 4:9, Luke 4:25
to be destroyed: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36-37, Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:51-52, Jeremiah 42:16
the sword: 1 Chronicles 21:16, Isaiah 66:16, Jeremiah 12:12, Jeremiah 47:6
even the pestilence: Leviticus 26:10, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, Psalms 91:6, Ezekiel 14:19-21
the angel: 1 Chronicles 21:15-16, Exodus 12:23, 2 Kings 19:35, Matthew 13:49-50, Acts 12:23, Revelation 7:1-3
Now therefore: 2 Samuel 24:13-14
Reciprocal: Exodus 30:12 - no plague 1 Kings 8:37 - in the land famine 1 Chronicles 21:27 - he put 2 Chronicles 32:25 - General Isaiah 37:36 - the angel

I am in: 2 Kings 6:15, 2 Kings 7:4, Esther 4:11, Esther 4:16, John 12:27, Philippians 1:23
let me fall: David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence. Hebrews 10:31
great: or, many, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Psalms 5:7, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 106:7, Psalms 130:7, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15, Lamentations 3:32, Jonah 3:9, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Habakkuk 3:2
but let me: 2 Chronicles 28:9, Proverbs 12:10, Isaiah 46:7, Isaiah 47:6
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:14 - for his Psalms 119:156 - are thy James 5:11 - the Lord is

the Lord: Numbers 16:46-49, 2 Samuel 24:15
seventy: Exodus 12:30, Numbers 25:9, 1 Samuel 6:19, 2 Kings 19:35
Reciprocal: Exodus 30:12 - no plague Numbers 16:49 - fourteen thousand Joshua 22:18 - he will be 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote Acts 12:23 - the angel

saw the angel: Genesis 3:24, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20, Numbers 22:31, Joshua 5:13, Joshua 5:14, 2 Kings 6:17
clothed: 1 Kings 21:27, 2 Kings 19:1, Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Jonah 3:6-8
fell upon: Numbers 14:5, Numbers 16:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:17 - fell Genesis 19:13 - Lord hath Genesis 37:34 - General Exodus 4:24 - the Lord Numbers 16:45 - And they Numbers 20:6 - they fell Numbers 22:23 - the ass saw Judges 13:20 - fell on 2 Samuel 24:16 - the angel 2 Samuel 24:17 - spake 1 Kings 18:39 - they fell 2 Kings 19:35 - the angel 1 Chronicles 21:12 - the sword 1 Chronicles 21:27 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid Ecclesiastes 5:8 - higher than they Isaiah 37:36 - the angel Jeremiah 6:12 - I will Ezekiel 9:8 - that I Ezekiel 11:13 - Then Daniel 8:3 - I lifted Matthew 17:6 - General Matthew 26:39 - and fell Mark 14:35 - and fell Luke 5:12 - fell Revelation 11:3 - clothed

the angel: 1 Chronicles 21:11, Acts 8:26-40
that David: 1 Chronicles 21:15, 2 Samuel 24:18, 2 Chronicles 3:1
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 22:1 - This is the house Ezra 2:68 - in his place

went up: 2 Kings 5:10-14, John 2:5, Acts 9:6
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:19 - as the Lord

And Ornan: etc. or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he, and his four sons with him, hid themselves. Judges 6:11
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:20 - bowed 1 Chronicles 21:27 - he put

bowed himself: 1 Samuel 25:23, 2 Samuel 24:18-20
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:20 - bowed

Grant: Heb. Give, 1 Kings 21:2
thou shalt grant: 2 Samuel 24:21
that the plague: Numbers 16:48, Numbers 25:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:17 - General Genesis 23:11 - my lord 2 Samuel 24:22 - Let my lord

Nay: Genesis 14:23, Genesis 23:13, Deuteronomy 16:16, Deuteronomy 16:17, Malachi 1:12-14, Romans 12:17
for I will not: It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:24 - Nay 1 Chronicles 4:17 - Eshtemoa 1 Chronicles 29:3 - I have Ecclesiastes 10:19 - but

the tabernacle: Exodus 40:1-38
Gibeon: 1 Chronicles 16:39, 1 Kings 3:4-15, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:1 - the tabernacle with ten curtains Joshua 9:17 - Gibeon Psalms 43:3 - tabernacles Acts 7:45 - Which