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1 Chronicles 21:17

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 21:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father`s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father`s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
1 Chronicles 21:17 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 21

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father`s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
18Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.
20And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Is it not I: Ch1 21:8; Sa2 24:17; Psa 51:4; Eze 16:63 these sheep: Kg1 22:17; Psa 44:11 what have: Sa2 24:1 let thine: Gen 44:33; Exo 32:32, Exo 32:33; Joh 10:11, Joh 10:12; Rom 9:3; Jo1 3:16 on my father's: Exo 20:5; Sa2 12:10; Psa 51:14; Isa 39:7, Isa 39:8 that they should: Jos 22:18 1 Chronicles 21:18”
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