2 Samuel 24:1 — Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He incited David aga… — AMP | maBible
Read 2 Samuel 24:1 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Samuel 24.1, 2 Samuel 24v1, 2S. 24:1. Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count [the people of] Israel and Judah.”
Other reference formats: 2 Samuel 24.1, 2 Samuel 24v1, 2S. 24:1.
1 Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count [the people of] Israel and Judah.”
Notes and references
See 1 Chr 21:1. As in the case of Paul’s thorn in the flesh (2 Cor 12:7; cf 1 Cor 5:5), God sometimes accomplishes His purposes by allowing Satan to inflict injury or cause trouble.
Ordinarily taking a census would have been a routine procedure for a nation as a way of assessing taxes or conscripting and assigning men to an army. But in Israel none of this was necessary unless it was commanded by God, and David’s action was the product of ego and an uncharacteristic shift of t…