Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Ch1 21:1, David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people; Ch1 21:5, The number of the people being brought, David repents of it; Ch1 21:9, David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the pestilence; Ch1 21:14, After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem; Ch1 21:18, 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; Ch1 21:28, David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel.
Gad: Ch1 29:29; Sa1 9:9; Sa2 24:11
offer thee: Heb. stretch out
choose: Jos 24:15; Pro 1:29-31
that I may: Num 20:12; Sa2 12:10-12; Kg1 13:21, Kg1 13:22; Pro 3:12; Rev 3:19
Choose thee: Heb. Take to thee, Pro 19:20
three years' famine: In Sa2 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there τρια ετη [Strong's G5140], three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter ז, zayin, seven, being mistaken for ג, gimmel, three. Lev 26:26-29; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 24:13; Kg1 17:1; Kg2 8:1; Lam 4:9; Luk 4:25
to be destroyed: Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36, Lev 26:37; Deu 28:15, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:51, Deu 28:52; Jer 42:16
the sword: Ch1 21:16; Isa 66:16; Jer 12:12, Jer 47:6
even the pestilence: Lev 26:10, Lev 26:25; Deu 28:22, Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35; Psa 91:6; Eze 14:19-21
the angel: Ch1 21:15, Ch1 21:16; Exo 12:23; Kg2 19:35; Mat 13:49, Mat 13:50; Act 12:23; Rev 7:1-3
Now therefore: Sa2 24:13, Sa2 24:14
I am in: Kg2 6:15, Kg2 7:4; Est 4:11, Est 4:16; Joh 12:27; Phi 1:23
let me fall: David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence. Heb 10:31
great: or, many, Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7; Psa 5:7, Psa 51:1, Psa 51:2, Psa 69:13, Psa 69:16, Psa 86:5, Psa 86:15, Psa 103:8, Psa 106:7, Psa 130:7; Isa 55:7, Isa 63:7, Isa 63:15; Lam 3:32; Jon 3:9, Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Hab 3:2
but let me: Ch2 28:9; Pro 12:10; Isa 46:7, Isa 47:6
the Lord: Num 16:46-49; Sa2 24:15
seventy: Exo 12:30; Num 25:9; Sa1 6:19; Kg2 19:35
unto Jerusalem: Sa2 24:16; Jer 7:12, Jer 26:9, Jer 26:18; Mat 23:37, Mat 23:38
repented him: Gen 6:6; Exo 32:14; Jdg 2:18, Jdg 10:16; Psa 78:38; Jer 18:7-10; Jon 4:2
It is enough: Exo 9:28; Kg1 19:4; Psa 90:13; Mar 14:41
Ornan: Sa2 24:18, Araunah, Ch2 3:1
saw the angel: Gen 3:24; Exo 14:19, Exo 14:20; Num 22:31; Jos 5:13, Jos 5:14; Kg2 6:17
clothed: Kg1 21:27; Kg2 19:1; Psa 35:13, Psa 35:14; Jon 3:6-8
fell upon: Num 14:5, Num 16:22
Is it not I: Ch1 21:8; Sa2 24:17; Psa 51:4; Eze 16:63
these sheep: Kg1 22:17; Psa 44:11
what have: Sa2 24:1
let thine: Gen 44:33; Exo 32:32, Exo 32:33; Joh 10:11, Joh 10:12; Rom 9:3; Jo1 3:16
on my father's: Exo 20:5; Sa2 12:10; Psa 51:14; Isa 39:7, Isa 39:8
that they should: Jos 22:18
the angel: Ch1 21:11; Act 8:26-40
that David: Ch1 21:15; Sa2 24:18; Ch2 3:1
went up: Kg2 5:10-14; Joh 2:5; Act 9:6
And Ornan: etc. or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he, and his four sons with him, hid themselves. Jdg 6:11
bowed himself: Sa1 25:23; Sa2 24:18-20
Grant: Heb. Give, Kg1 21:2
thou shalt grant: Sa2 24:21
that the plague: Num 16:48, Num 25:8
Take it: Gen 23:4-6; Sa2 24:22, Sa2 24:23; Jer 32:8
the oxen: Sa1 6:14; Kg1 19:21; Isa 28:27, Isa 28:28
Nay: Gen 14:23, Gen 23:13; Deu 16:16, Deu 16:17; Mal 1:12-14; Rom 12:17
for I will not: It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
built there: Exo 20:24, Exo 20:25, Exo 24:4, Exo 24:5
and called: Sa1 7:8, Sa1 7:9; Psa 51:15, Psa 91:15, Psa 99:9; Pro 15:8; Isa 65:24; Jer 33:3
by fire: Lev 9:24; Jdg 6:21, Jdg 13:20; Kg1 18:24, Kg1 18:38; Ch2 3:1, Ch2 7:1
the Lord: Ch1 21:15, Ch1 21:16; Sa2 24:16; Psa 103:20; Heb 1:14
he put: Ch1 21:12, Ch1 21:20; Jer 47:6; Eze 21:30; Mat 26:52; Joh 18:11
the tabernacle: Exod. 40:1-38
Gibeon: Ch1 16:39; Kg1 3:4-15; Ch2 1:3, Ch2 1:13
he was afraid: Ch1 21:16, Ch1 13:12; Deu 10:12; Sa2 6:9; Job 13:21, Job 21:6, Job 23:15; Psa 90:11; Psa 119:120; Jer 5:22, Jer 10:7; Heb 12:28, Heb 12:29; Rev 1:17, Rev 15:4
am 2987, bc 1017, An, Ex, Is, 474
Satan: Sa2 24:1; Kg1 22:20-22; Job 1:6-12, Job 2:1, Job 2:4-6; Zac 3:1; Mat 4:3; Luk 22:31; Joh 13:2; Act 5:3; Jam 1:13; Rev 12:10
provoked David: Luk 11:53; Heb 10:24
Joab: Sa2 24:2-4
Beersheba: Jdg 20:1; Sa1 3:20; Sa2 3:10, Sa2 17:11, Sa2 24:15; Kg1 4:25; Ch2 30:5
that I may: Deu 8:13-17; Ch2 32:25, Ch2 32:26; Pro 29:23; Co2 12:7
The Lord: Ch1 19:13; Psa 115:14; Pro 14:28; Isa 26:15, Isa 48:19
why will: Gen 20:9; Exo 32:21; Num 32:9, Num 32:10; Sa1 2:24; Kg1 14:16
the king's: Ecc 8:4
Wherefore: Exo 1:17; Dan 3:18; Act 5:29
and went: Sa2 24:3-8
a thousand: The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel. Ch1 27:23; Sa2 24:9
Levi: Num 1:47-49
Joab: Sa2 3:27, Sa2 11:15-21, Sa2 20:9, Sa2 20:10
And God was displeased with this thing: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, Sa2 11:27; Kg1 15:5
he smote: Ch1 21:14; Jos 7:1, Jos 7:5, Jos 7:13, Jos 22:16-26; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 21:14, Sa2 24:1
I have sinned: Sa2 12:13, Sa2 24:10; Psa 25:11, Psa 32:5; Jer 3:13; Luk 15:18, Luk 15:19; Jo1 1:9
do away: Psa 51:1-3; Hos 14:2; Joh 1:29
I have done: Gen 34:7; Sa1 13:13, Sa1 26:21; Sa2 13:13; Ch2 10:9