Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 24:2
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2 Samuel24:2
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 Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people .
Which Expression points at David's Sin in this matter, that he numbred them, not by direction from God, nor for any important business of the Church or Kingdom; but out of meer curiosity, and pride, and vain-glory; accompanied either with a secret distrust of God's Promise; or rather, with a carnal confidence in the Numbers of his People. All which were great Sins, and were so manifest, that not onely God saw them, and all the degrees and aggravations of them in David; but even Ioab and the Captains of the Host were very sensible of them, ver. 3, 4.
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