D. David's last days ~ cont.
1. Numbering the people ~ cont.
c. David's choice of punishment - 2 Samuel 24:10-14; 1 Chronicles 21:7-13
d. Pestilence - 2 Samuel 24:15-17
e. David buys threshing floor - 2 Samuel 24:18-25; 1 Chronicles 21:18-30; Psalm 30:1-12; 33:1-22; 131:1-3
2. Solomon marriage to Naamah, birth of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21) (King at 41)
{pages 564 - 568}
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, (2 Samuel 24:11)
David's personal seer/prophet.
prophet - H5030 - From H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man.
- H5012 - A primitive root; to prophesy, that is, speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse).
seer - H2374 - Active participle of H2372; a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval).
- H2372 - A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically to have a vision of.
- H1464 - A primitive root (akin to H1413); to crowd upon, that is, attack.
When David was on the lam from Saul.
1Sa 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
Then in the initial passage Gad speaks to David regarding the choice of punishment:
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. (1 Chronicles 21:12)
Once the punishment ceased:
1Ch 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Gad had his own writings?
1Ch 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
David's appointment:
2Ch 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
I thought it interesting that Gad was the seer (H2374), while Nathan was the prophet (H5030). I may have to chase that one down another time. Intriguing.
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. (2 Samuel 24:17)
David saw the angel? Gill on just that portion:
when he saw the angel that smote the people; in the air over Jerusalem, with a drawn sword in his hand, which made him appear terrible:
What a trembling apparition that must have been. An angelic being, with a drawn sword.
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. (1 Chronicles 21:16)
I appreciate David's integrity when securing the location and needed items for the sacrifice.
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (2 Samuel 24:24)
Silver or gold?
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. (1 Chronicles 21:25)
Gill in addressing the difference:
so David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver; which, reckoning a shekel at two shillings and sixpence, made but just six pounds five shillings of our money; though its value is but about two shillings and four pence farthing, which reduces the sum; in 1Ch_21:25, David is said to give six hundred shekels of gold by weight; two ways are proposed by the Jews (i) for the reconciling of the difficulty; the one is, that fifty shekels were collected out of every tribe, and twelve times fifty make six hundred shekels, and these were of the value or weight of gold; but this seems not likely, that it should be collected out of all the tribes, and since it appears plainly to be the king's purchase, and with his money: the other is, that there were two purchases, the first was of the threshingfloor, oxen, and instruments, which were bought for fifty shekels of silver, as here, and the other was a purchase of the place, as it is called in the book of Chronicles; that large space of ground on which afterwards the temple, and all the courts adjoining to it, were built, and which was now Araunah's farm, and on which were his dwelling house, and other buildings; and for all this David gave him six hundred shekels of gold, which made three hundred ounces (k) and reckoning gold as twelve times the value of silver, according to Brerewood (l), it amounted to four hundred fifty pounds of our money; and learned men have not been able to give a better solution of this difficulty; and with this Montanus (m) agrees. Bochart and Noldius have taken another way, but not so clear and satisfactory; the Septuagint of 1Ch_21:25 has fifty shekels, as here.
I'm uncovering more to research. :-)
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. (1 Chronicles 21:20)
So apparently visible to others as well. Then the Commander issues forth:
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. (1 Chronicles 21:27)
And one day, hopefully SOON, the Commander will return and make war with His enemies:
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14)
And the final conclusion?
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:11-16)
Are you prepared for the return of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?
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