June 11, 2023 – 2 Samuel 24 – David Sins by Taking a Census

When King David takes a head count of the people without also collecting the half-shekel atonement offering, God sends a plague. David repents and the death angel sheaths his sword at the location of the future Temple at the threshing floor of Araunah on Mount Moriah. Then David’s “mighty men” are listed. Their characteristics might correspond to different aspects of believers’ spiritual warfare.

Notes on 2 Samuel 24:1-25