1; David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people.
5; The number of the people being brought, David repents of
it.
9; David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the
pestilence.
14; After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance
prevents the destruction of Jerusalem.
18; David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing-
floor; where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his
favour by fire, and stays the plague.
28; David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by
fear of the angel.
* A.M. 2987. B.C. 1017. An. Ex. Is. 474. Satan.
# 2Sa 24:1; 1Ki 22:20-22; Job 1:6-12; 2:1,4-6; Zec 3:1; Mt 4:3|
# Lu 22:31; Joh 13:2; Ac 5:3; Jas 1:13; Re 12:10|
* provoked David.
# Lu 11:53; Heb 10:24|
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