1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. …
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. …
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Numbering the people, one would think, was no bad thing. Why should not the shepherd know the number of his flock? But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great provocation to God, because he did it in the pride of his heart; and there is no sin that has in it more of contradiction and therefore more of offence to God than pride. The sin was David’s; he alon…
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