2 Samuel 24:13

Contextual Overview

¹⁰David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the LORD , "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD , I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing." ¹⁰ David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord , "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord , I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing." ¹⁰Then David's heart struck him after he had counted the people. So David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Yahweh, please take away the iniquity of Your slave, for I have acted very foolishly." ¹⁰ Now David's heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly." ¹⁰ And Dauids heart smote him, after that he had numbred the people: And Dauid saide vnto the Lord, I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done: And nowe I beseche thee Lord take away the trespasse of thy seruaunt, for I haue done very foolishly. ¹⁰ David felt ashamed after he had counted the people and said to the Lord , "I have sinned greatly in what I did! Lord , I beg you, forgive me for my sin. I have been very foolish." ¹⁰ And after he had numbered the people, the heart of David struck him. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. And now, O Jehovah, I pray, take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly. ¹⁰ But David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly." ¹⁰ David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. ¹⁰ And Dauids heart smote him, after that hee had numbred the people: and Dauid sayde vnto the Lord, I haue sinned greatly in that I haue done: and nowe I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquitie of thy seruant, for I haue done very foolishly.

Bible Verse Review
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seven: 2 Samuel 21:1, Leviticus 26:20, 1 Kings 17:1-7, 1 Chronicles 21:12, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:21, Luke 4:25

flee: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:52

three days': Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, Psalms 91:6, Ezekiel 14:19-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:30 - seven years Exodus 7:25 - General 1 Samuel 25:12 - came 2 Samuel 23:39 - thirty and seven in all 1 Kings 8:35 - heaven 1 Kings 13:21 - thou hast disobeyed 2 Kings 8:1 - seven years 2 Chronicles 7:13 - I send John 1:22 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9
And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under his master's leg and made the promise.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9
Therfore the seruaunt puttide his hond vndur the hipe of Abraham, his lord, and swoor to him on this word.

Genesis 24:9
And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Gad came to David, and told him,.... Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms it that David was made sensible of his sin before he came to him:

and said unto him, shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? in 1 Chronicles 21:12, only "three years" are mentioned, and so the Septuagint version here; but Josephus d, the Targum, the Syriac and Arabic versions, have the number "seven"; three seems to be more agreeable to the numbers after mentioned, and no more as to come were designed, though seven are here expressed; for the reconciling of which let it be observed, that there had been three years of famine already on account of the sin of Saul, 2 Samuel 21:1; and in the current year, through the rains not falling in the proper time, the land was barren and unfruitful; or through the penury of the preceding years the famine would be continued at least until the harvest; and then three years more now proposed made seven years; or, if these three years would have immediately followed the other three, the following in course would be a sabbatical year, in which were no ploughing, sowing, nor reaping, or the current year was such an one: and the sense is, shall there be a continuance of seven years of famine, that is, three more added to what had been? which must be most dreadful to think of; but a learned writer e thinks it a mistake of the copier, writing ז, "seven", for ג, "three":

or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? be in such a condition as not to be able to face or fight his enemies, or, if he did, would not be able to stand his ground, but be forced to flee before them, and be pursued by them three months running; during which time a prodigious number might well be thought to be slain, sad devastations made in the land, and great shame and disgrace endured, and what a man of David's spirit could not bear the thoughts of:

or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? which in

1 Chronicles 21:12 is called "the sword of the Lord", in distinction from the sword of man, it coming immediately from him, and the destroying angel, in all the coasts of the land; being inflicted by means of one:

now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me; that is, consult with himself, or with his friends, or both, what answer the prophet must return to the Lord that sent him; for him he means.

d Antiqu. l. 7. c. 13. sect. 2. e Dr. Kennicott's Dissert. 1. p. 474.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Ezekiel 14:13-21. The “seven” years of famine correspond with the “seven” years of famine in Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, and with the same number of years in 2 Kings 8:1. But in Chronicles, it is “three years,” which agrees better with the “three” months and “three” days. The whole passage is amplified in Chronicles, which has less the aspect of an original text than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 24:13. Shall seven years of famine — In 1 Chronicles 21:12, the number is three, not seven; and here the Septuagint has three, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter ז zain, SEVEN, being mistaken for ג gimel, THREE. A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters.