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.
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Barnes' Notes
And the angel of the Lord destroying ... - These words are not in Samuel, which puts the third alternative briefly. They prepare the way for the angelic appearance 1Ch 21:16, on which the author is…
Adam Clarke
Three days - the pestilence in the land - In Sa2 24:13 (note), seven years of famine are mentioned.
David is here under the rod for numbering the people, that rod of correction which drives out the foolishness that is bound up in the heart, the foolishness of pride. Let us briefly observe,
I. How he…
Cambridge Bible
three years" famine 2 Sam., seven years of famine(LXX. however three, as Chron.).
three months to be destroyed R.V. three months to be consumed (Heb. nispeh). Some scholars would correct the text of…
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