2 Samuel 24

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 24:24 But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you a price for it. I will not offer the LORD my God burnt offerings at no cost to myself." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for about 1 1/4 pounds of silver. 2
  • 24:1 Once more the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel, and he stirred David up against them, saying, "Go and count Israel and Judah." 1
  • 24:10 But after David had counted the people, his conscience struck him. David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, LORD, please take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly." 1
  • 24:17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the LORD, "I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But what have these sheep done? Please let your hand be against me and my father's family." 1

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Where it is preached

  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 14 — In the Creation of the World, and All Things in It, the True God Distinguished by Certain Marks from Fictitious Gods cites 2 Sam. 24:1

    …anger of God, was left for a time to Satan, and by his instigation numbered the people (2 Sam. 24:1); nor without cause does Paul hold out a hope of pardon in case any should have become…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Of love to God cites 2 Sam. xxiv. 24

    …was fired with love to God, and he would not offer that to God which cost him nothing (2 Sam. xxiv. 24). Love is not only full of benevolence, but beneficence. Love which enlarges the heart…

  3. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Acceptance and Offering cites 2 SAMUEL 24:24

    …me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 2 SAMUEL 24:24 This is why her teaching on acceptance was never cheap. She was not asking people to make…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    March cites 2 Sam. 24:10

    …show that there is an eclipse of a man's glory when he dotes upon his own greatness. 2 Sam. 24:10. See Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty builder of Babylon, creeping on the earth, devouring…

  5. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    National Sins and Miseries cites 2 Sam. 24:17

    …“Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: But these sheep, what have they done?” 2 Sam. 24:17. 1. The chapter begins, “And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and…