April 23rd
2 Samuel, 22
David’s song
1: And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that
the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the
hand of Saul: 2: And he said,
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3: The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and
the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest
me from violence. 4: I will
call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
enemies. 5: When the waves of
death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6: The sorrows of hell compassed me
about; the snares of death prevented me; 7:
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8: Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9: There went up a smoke out of his
nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10: He bowed the heavens also, and
came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon
the wings of the wind. 12: And
he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of
the skies. 13: Through the
brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14: The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered
his voice. 15: And he sent out
arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16: And the channels of the sea
appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the
LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17: He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many
waters; 18: He delivered me
from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for
me. 19: They prevented me in
the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 20: He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered
me, because he delighted in me. 21:
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness
of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22:
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my
God. 23: For all his judgments
were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24: I was also upright before him,
and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25:
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according
to my cleanness in his eye sight. 26:
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man
thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27:
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself unsavoury. 28: And the
afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou
mayest bring them down. 29: For
thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30: For by thee I have run through a
troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31: As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is
tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32: For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our
God? 33: God is my strength and
power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34:
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. 35: He teacheth my hands to war; so
that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36: Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great. 37:
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38: I have pursued mine enemies, and
destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39: And I have consumed them, and
wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40: For thou hast girded me with
strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 41: Thou hast also given me the necks
of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42: They looked, but there was none
to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43: Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I
did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44: Thou also hast delivered me from
the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a
people which I knew not shall serve me. 45:
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be
obedient unto me. 46: Strangers
shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47: The LORD liveth; and blessed be
my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48: It is God that avengeth me, and
that bringeth down the people under me, 49:
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on
high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the
violent man. 50: Therefore I
will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises
unto thy name. 51: He is the
tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David,
and to his seed for evermore.
2 Samuel, 23
David’s last words
1: Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and
the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the
sweet psalmist of Israel,
said, 2: The Spirit of the LORD
spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3: The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He
that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4: And he shall be as the light of
the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender
grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5: Although my house be not so with
God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it
not to grow. 6: But the sons of
Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken
with hands: 7: But the man that
shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they
shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
David’s mighty men
8: These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite
that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite:
he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9: And after him was Eleazar the son
of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied
the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of
Israel were gone away: 10: He
arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave
unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people
returned after him only to spoil. 11:
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines
were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of
lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. 12: But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it,
and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. 13: And three of the thirty chief
went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave
of Adullam: and the troop of the
Philistines pitched in the valley
of Rephaim. 14: And David was then in an hold,
and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Bethlehem,
which is by the gate! 16: And
the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it
to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the
LORD. 17: And he said, Be it
far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men
that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These
things did these three mighty men. 18:
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And
he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name
among three. 19: Was he not
most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained
not unto the first three. 20:
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had
done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a
lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 21: And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had
a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the
spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22: These things did Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23: He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not
to the first three. And David set him over his guard. 24: Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan
the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25:
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26: Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27: Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai
the Hushathite, 28: Zalmon the
Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 29:
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah
of the children of Benjamin, 30:
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31: Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32: Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the
sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33:
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34: Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the
son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35: Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the
Arbite, 36: Igal the son of
Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37:
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of
Zeruiah, 38: Ira an Ithrite,
Gareb an Ithrite, 39: Uriah the
Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
2 Samuel, 24
David counts the people
1: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say,
Go, number Israel and Judah.
2: For the king said to Joab
the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the
number of the people. 3: And
Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many
soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see
it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4: Notwithstanding the king's word
prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the
captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the
people of Israel.
5: And they passed over Jordan,
and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of
the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6:
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to
Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 7:
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hibites, and
of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
8: So when they had gone
through all the land, they came to Jerusalem
at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9: And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the
king: and there were in Israel
eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah
were five hundred thousand men.
David punished
10: And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And
David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I
beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done
very foolishly. 11: For when
David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad,
David's seer, saying, 12: Go
and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee
one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13:
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of
famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine
enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy
land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14: And David said unto Gad, I am in
a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are
great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15: So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the
morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even
to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 16:
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented
him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough:
stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of
Araunah the Jebusite. 17: 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. 18: And Gad came that
day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the
threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19:
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. 20: And Araunah looked, and saw the
king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed
himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21: And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his
servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar
unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22: And Araunah said unto David, Let
my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be
oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of
the oxen for wood. 23: All
these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto
the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. 24:
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. 25: And
David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed
from Israel.
In
the next three chapters we have both the highs and lows of David’s spiritual
experience. First we read of David’s wonderful song to the Lord a worship song
in which he tells the Lord how wonderful he is in saving him from all his
enemies. And then we have David’s last words and a passage describing the
mighty men of David. And then we have a sad passage David commits a great sin
by numbering the people - as if they were his own. And then we read of the
judgment of God on David for his sin. It’s a serious thing when a man of God
sins and especially a man in a position like David because his sin affects
seriously the very lives of so many honourable men. But first let’s lift up our
hearts in joining David in his hymn of praise. It was a song of praise to the LORD
who had delivered him from all his enemies.
The Song of David
A. Praise
v2,3
B. Prayer made v4-7
C. The Overthrow of his enemies v8-16
B. Prayer answered v17-28
C. The Overthrow of enemies v29-49
A. Praise
v50-51
A. Praise
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
The God of my rock; in him will I
trust: he is my shield,
and the horn of my salvation, my high
tower,
and my refuge, my saviour; thou
savest me from violence.
B. Prayer made
I will call on the LORD, who is
worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
When the waves of death compassed me,
the floods of ungodly men made me
afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me
about;
the snares of death prevented me;
In my distress I called upon the
LORD, and cried to my God:
and he did hear my voice out of his
temple,
and my cry did enter into his ears.
C. The overthrow of his enemies
Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations of heaven moved and
shook, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his
nostrils,
and fire out of his mouth devoured:
coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came
down;
and darkness was under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did
fly:
and he was seen upon the wings of the
wind.
And he made darkness pavilions round
about him,
dark waters, and thick clouds of the
skies.
Through the brightness before him
were coals of fire kindled.
The LORD thundered from heaven,
and the most High uttered his voice.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered
them;
lightning, and discomfited them.
And the channels of the sea appeared,
the foundations of the world were discovered,
at the rebuking of the LORD,
at the blast of the breath of his
nostrils.
B. Prayer answered
He sent from above,
he took me;
he drew me out of many waters;
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from them that hated me: for they
were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my
calamity:
but the LORD was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large
place:
he delivered me, because he delighted
in me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my
righteousness:
according to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
and have not wickedly departed from
my God.
For all his judgments were before me:
and as for his statutes, I did not
depart from them.
I was also upright before him,
and have kept myself from mine
iniquity.
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed
me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye
sight.
With the merciful thou wilt shew
thyself merciful,
and with the upright man thou wilt
shew thyself upright.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself
pure;
and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself unsavoury.
And the afflicted people thou wilt
save:
but thine eyes are upon the haughty,
that thou mayest bring them down.
C. The Overthrow of enemies
For thou art my lamp, O LORD:
and the LORD will lighten my
darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop:
by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect; the
word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all them that
trust in him.
For who is God,
save the LORD?
and who is a rock,
save our God?
God is my strength and power: and he
maketh my way perfect.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet:
and setteth me upon my high places.
He teacheth my hands to war;
so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
Thou hast also given me the shield of
thy salvation:
and thy gentleness hath made me
great.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
so that my feet did not slip.
I have pursued mine enemies, and
destroyed them;
and turned not again until I had
consumed them.
And I have consumed them, and wounded
them,
that they could not arise: yea, they
are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength
to battle:
them that rose up against me hast
thou subdued under me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of
mine enemies,
that I might destroy them that hate
me.
They looked, but there was none to
save;
even unto the LORD, but he answered
them not.
Then did I beat them as small as the
dust of the earth,
I did stamp them as the mire of the
street, and did spread them abroad.
Thou also hast delivered me from the
strivings of my people,
thou hast kept me to be head of the
heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
Strangers shall submit themselves
unto me:
as soon as they hear, they shall be
obedient unto me.
Strangers shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid out of their
close places.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my
rock;
and exalted be the God of the rock of
my salvation.
It is God that avengeth me,
and that bringeth down the people
under me,
And that bringeth me forth from mine
enemies:
thou also hast lifted me up on high
above them that rose up against me:
thou hast delivered me from the
violent man.
A. Praise
Therefore I will give thanks unto
thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
and I will sing praises unto thy
name.
He is the tower of salvation for his
king:
and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
unto David,
and to his seed for evermore.
This song is taken later and sightly edited to and placed in
the book of Psalms 18. David begins and ends in praise but in between he speaks
of his life as a prayer and answer to prayer. In this we learn a great lesson
our life is a prayer and all this is ever achieved for God comes from God in
answer to prayer. In his praise David says the LORD (Jehovah) is my rock, my
fortress, my deliverer. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, my high
tower, my refuge, my saviour. David expresses that in every circumstance of
life the Lord is everything to him. In the heat of the day he is a shade of
shelter. In the midst of battle he my fortress. In the moment of danger he is
my deliverer. In a hale of arrows he is my shield. In moments of doubt he is
the horn of my salvation. In a siege he is my high tower. In moments of danger
from assassins he is my refuge. In my moments of deepest distress he is my saviour.
You save me for violence. And so David makes this resolve he will continue to
call upon the Lord who is worthy of all praise and because of this l will be
saved from my enemies. Then David speaks about the innermost troubles of his
mind possibly when he went out alone into the wilderness to scape from Saul. He
says when waves of death (possibly depression) broke over me. When the hordes
of the ungodly frightened me. When death seemed to surround me. And when snares
seemed to be wherever l trod. In my distress l called upon the LORD and cried
to my God and he heard me in his temple and my cries entered his ears. Then he
describes the awakening of God I his wrath at David’s enemies. He says the
earth quaked; even the foundations of heaven itself shook. And he goes on to
describe in the most dramatic language the coming of God in wrath to save him.
He describes a lightening storm of titanic proportions in which the LORD
scattered his enemies. Even David would have been drowned in the floods that
ensued yet the LORD drew him up and out of the flood waters. He says the LORD
delivered me from my strong enemy because the enemy was too strong for me. He
says simply the LORD was one who l could lean on. He was my stay. Why did the
Lord deliver David? Now this next section is pure law. David says the LORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness. Because my hands were clean. He says
l have kept the ways of the LORD and not forsaken him. He says l kept his
judgments and his statues. I was upright before him and kept myself from
iniquity and therefore the LORD will reward me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his eyesight. Because l showed mercy he was
merciful to me. With the upright man the Lord will treat him uprightly. To the
pure the LORD will be pure but with the proud the LORD will wrestle. The Lord
will save the afflicted and the LORD watches the proud to bring them down.
David lived under the Mosaic Law and this is pure law. There is no grace here.
Never perhaps do we have such a clear outline of OT Theology than we do here.
(Except perhaps in the Beatitudes.) The David turns to praise God for the
overthrow of his enemies. First he says the LORD is my lamp. He is the one who
brings light into the darkness. Through God l have done amazing feats, but as
for God his ways are perfect and he is a servant[1] to
all those that trust themselves to him. Twice David asks two rhetorical
questions. Who is God but the LORD? Who is a rock but our God? There is so, so
much in this Psalm so l must be brief. David says God is my strength and power.
David had learnt the secret of drawing his actual spiritual and physical
strength from the LORD. And David says he makes me makes me run like a deer. He
teaches me how to fight. You have protected me and made me great. Perhaps we
should refer to David as David the Great. You stop me from loosing my footing.
And l have been able to chase my enemies until they are completely destroyed.
In the battle you filled me with strength and you weaken my enemies. You enabled
me to destroy my enemies who hated me and nobody came to save them. They even
called on you and you didn’t save them. They were completely trampled into the
dust. You also delivered me from the arguments of my people. Strangers of other
nations will serve me. Then David reverts to praise at the end. The Lord liveth
and it is God that brings vengeance to me. He says in the presence of the
heathen l will sing your praises. Next we have the last words of David. Last
words are always very interesting - let’s see what David says. David is
described as - David the son of Jesse, the man who was raised up on high, the
anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel.
Beautiful obituary. He said The Lord spoke to me and said he that rules over
men must be just, ruling in the fear of the Lord. David exemplified this all
his life. He is to be like a glorious sunrise on the people. He is to be like a
clear blue sky and like tender grass after rain. My house has not been like
this yet God has made an everlasting covenant with me. This is my salvation and
everything l could ever want although he does not make it come to pass just
now. The wicked are like thorns thrown away and the man who touches them must
be cut off from bring influence on the people. They will be burned as weeds
from a garden. Then we have an interesting passage which lists and describes
David’s mighty men. First was Tachmonite who was chief over the captains. Adino
was like him he took his spear and killed 800 all by himself. Then there was Eleazar
who was one of the trio David’s mightest men. He fought against the Philistines
until his hand was attached to his sword. He won a very great victory that day.
Then there was Shammah he stood and defended a pot of lentils all alone against
a whole troop of the Philistines. Three of the 30 mighty men went down to David
when he was in the cave
of Adullam. And David
said if only l could have a drink of water from the well in the gate of Bethlehem. These three
mighty men broke through the Philistine army and drew water and brought it back
to David. But David could not drink it the men loved him so much but they had
risked their lives for a drink of water. David offered it to the Lord. Abishai
was the chief of David’s three mightest men. He went against 300 with just a
spear and even among the three they recognised him as the greatest. Then there
was Benaiah He killed two men who were like lions and he killed a lion in a pit
in the winter and he killed an Egyptian he went and took his own spear from him
and killed him with it. Then the thirty are listed, Asahel, Elhanan, Shammah,
Elika, Helez, Ira, Abiezer, Mebunnai, Zalmon, Maharai, Heleb, Ittai, Benaiah,
Hiddai, Abi-albon, Azmaveth, Eliahba, Jonathan, Shammah, Ahiam, Eliphelet,
Eliam, Hezrai, Paarai, Igal, Bani, Zelek, Naharai, Ira, Gareb, Uriah the
Hittite there were thirty and seven all together. Perhaps there has never been
a fighting force ever before or since. David then made a grave mistake - he
numbered the people. David told Joab to go and number the people and Joab
questioned the godliness of this act. But David insisted so Joab went right
through Israel
at it took him 9 months and 20 days. The number of fighting men was 900,000 of Israel and 500.000 men of Judah. All men
of courage in battle. As soon as this was completed David knew that it was a
mistake. So he came immediately to the Lord asking for forgiveness. Then the
Lord sent a Prophet to David giving him three choices of punishment. The
choices were – 1. 7 years of famine. 2. 3 months of defeat in front of the
enemy. Or 3. 3 days of pestilence (such as locusts) in the land. David replied
l will cast my self on the Lord because his mercies are great but do not let us
fall into the hands of our enemies. So the Lord sent a pestilence among the people
and 70,000 died. And when the angel stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it
the LORD changed his mind and told the angel to stop. The angel of the Lord was
near the threshing floor and David saw the angel and said I have sinned but
what have these people done? Then the Prophet Gad came again and told David to
build an altar in the threshing floor. Then David went to buy the threshing
floor from its owner Arauah. He said take it and take oxen for a burnt offering
but David said no l will not offer to the LORD that which cost me nothing. Then
David paid the sum and offered to the LORD and the LORD stopped the pestilence.
What a fearful thing it was to fall into the hands of the LORD.
Steve
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