1 Chronicles 21:7
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he smote Israel with the plague. David's confession (1Ch 21:8) was probably wrung from him by the appearance of the pestilence.
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