Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Samuel 24:2

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Joab: Sa2 2:13, Sa2 8:16, Sa2 20:23, Sa2 23:37 Go now: etc. or, Compass now all, Ch1 21:2 from Dan: Sa2 3:10, Sa2 17:11; Jdg 20:1 and number: We know not in what the sinfulness of this action consisted. Some think it was a contempt of the promise that the Israelites should be innumerable, and that they ought not to have been numbered without an express command, as in the days of Moses. Others suppose with Josephus that it was a kind of sacrilege, in omitting to collect the half-shekel a-piece for the use of the sanctuary. It however would appear that pride and ambition, and a desire of conquest, induced David to this measure, and rendered it so displeasing to God. that I may: Deu 8:13, Deu 8:14; Ch2 32:25, Ch2 32:26, Ch2 32:31; Pro 29:23; Jer 17:5; Co2 12:7 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 24:3

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