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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Samuel 24:1
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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am 2987, bc 1017, An, Ex, Is, 474 again: Sa2 21:1-14 he: This verse, when read without reference to any other part of the word of God, is very difficult to understand, and has been used by those who desire to undermine the justice of God, to shew that he sought occasion to punish - that he incited David to sin; and when he had so incited him, gave to him the dreadful alternative of choosing one of three scourges by which his people were to be cut off. On the face of the passage these thoughts naturally arise, because "the Lord" is the antecedent to the pronoun "he," - He moved David. But to those who "search the Scriptures," this exceedingly difficult passage receives a wonderful elucidation. By referring to Ch1 21:1, the reader will there find that Satan was the mover, and that the Lord most righteously punished David for the display of pride he had manifested. Oh! that Christians, who sometimes have their minds harassed with doubts, would remember the promise, that what they know not now they shall know hereafter; and if no other instance of elucidation than this passage occurred to them to remove their doubts, let this be a means of stirring them up to dig deeper than ever into the inexhaustible mines of the Inspired Word. Jam 1:13, Jam 1:14 moved: Sa2 12:11, Sa2 16:10; Gen 45:5, Gen 50:20; Exo 7:3; Sa1 26:19; Kg1 22:20-23; Eze 14:9, Eze 20:25; Act 4:28; Th2 2:11 number: Ch1 27:23, Ch1 27:24 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 24:2
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