New International Version So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. New Living Translation So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days. A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south. English Standard Version So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. Berean Standard Bible So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. Berean Literal Bible And YHWH sent a plague upon Israel from the morning and until the appointed time, and died of the people from Dan and to Beersheba seventy thousand men. King James Bible So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. New King James Version So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand men of the people died. New American Standard Bible So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. NASB 1995 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. NASB 1977 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time; and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. Legacy Standard Bible So Yahweh sent a pestilence against Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and 70,000 men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. Amplified Bible So the LORD sent a pestilence (plague) [lasting three days] upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. Berean Annotated Bible So the LORD {YHWH} sent a plague upon Israel (he wrestles with God) from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan (He has judged) to Beersheba (well of seven) died \and of the people from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand men died/. Christian Standard Bible So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men died. Holman Christian Standard Bible So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and from Dan to Beer-sheba 70,000 men died. American Standard Version So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. English Revised Version So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. GOD'S WORD® Translation So the LORD sent a plague among the Israelites from that morning until the time he had chosen. Of the people from Dan to Beersheba, 70,000 died. Good News Translation So the LORD sent an epidemic on Israel, which lasted from that morning until the time that he had chosen. From one end of the country to the other seventy thousand Israelites died. International Standard Version That very morning, the LORD sent a pestilence to Israel until the conclusion of the time designated, and 70,000 men died from Dan to Beer-sheba. NET Bible So the LORD sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba. New Heart English Bible So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and the destruction began among the people. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. Webster's Bible Translation So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleSo the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. World English Bible So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH gives a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed, and there dies of the people, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men, Berean Literal Bible And YHWH sent a plague upon Israel from the morning and until the appointed time, and died of the people from Dan and to Beersheba seventy thousand men. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men, Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will give death in Israel from the morning and even to the time of the appointment; and from the people will die from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, seventy thousand men. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning unto the time appointed, and there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee seventy thousand men. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people, from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand men. New American Bible Thus David chose the plague. At the time of the wheat harvest it broke out among the people. The LORD sent plague over Israel from morning until the time appointed, and from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand of the people died. New Revised Standard Version So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from that morning until the appointed time; and seventy thousand of the people died, from Dan to Beer-sheba. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the evening; and there died of the people from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH gave a plague in Israel from morning and until the sixth hour, and seventy thousand warriors died from Dan and unto Bar Sheba OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. Brenton Septuagint Translation So David chose for himself the mortality: and they were the days of wheat-harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context A Plague on Israel15So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.… Cross References So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel 2 Chronicles 7:13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, Ezekiel 14:19-20 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast, / then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves. Deuteronomy 28:21-22 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. / The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. from that morning until the appointed time, 1 Chronicles 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: and seventy thousand of the people 1 Chronicles 21:14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. 2 Kings 19:35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! Numbers 16:49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah. from Dan to Beersheba 2 Samuel 3:10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.” 1 Samuel 3:20 So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. 1 Kings 4:25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. died. Numbers 25:9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000. Exodus 12:29-30 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead. Psalm 78:50-51 He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. / He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. Numbers 16:46-49 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” / So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. / He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. … Treasury of Scripture So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. the Lord Numbers 16:46-49 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun… Numbers 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 1 Samuel 6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. from Dan 2 Samuel 24:2 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. seventy thousand men Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Jump to Previous Appointed Beersheba Beer-Sheba Causing Dan David Death Designated Died Disease End Far Grain-Cutting Israel Morning Pestilence Plague Selection Seventy Thousand TimeJump to Next Appointed Beersheba Beer-Sheba Causing Dan David Death Designated Died Disease End Far Grain-Cutting Israel Morning Pestilence Plague Selection Seventy Thousand Time2 Samuel 24 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men 10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence 15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stops So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel God’s judgment fell on the nation after David’s sinful census. Though David had ordered the count, the consequences reached Israel as a whole, showing the seriousness of national sin and the responsibility of a king before God. 2Ch 7:13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command… from that morning until the appointed time, The plague began at the time set by God and continued only as long as He allowed. The judgment was severe, yet its limits were under His control. 1Ch 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem,… and seventy thousand of the people Seventy thousand men died, revealing the devastating cost of David’s action and the extent of God’s discipline. 1Ch 21:14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand… from Dan to Beersheba The plague affected the land from the northern region of Dan to Beersheba in the south, reaching the nation throughout its full extent. 2Sa 3:10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul… died. The death of so many Israelites brought David to repentance and prepared the way for the sacrifice offered at Araunah’s threshing floor, where God restrained the judgment. Num 25:9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000. Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORDThe sovereign God who, in response to David's actions, sends a plague upon Israel. 2. David The King of Israel who, by ordering a census, incurs God's wrath, leading to the plague. 3. Israel The nation experiencing the consequences of David's sin, suffering a devastating plague. 4. Dan to Beersheba A phrase indicating the entire nation of Israel, from its northernmost to southernmost points. 5. Seventy Thousand Men The number of Israelites who died as a result of the plague, highlighting the severity of the judgment. Teaching Points The Seriousness of SinSin has severe consequences, not only for the individual but also for the community. David's sin led to the suffering of many. God's Sovereignty and Justice God is just and sovereign, and His judgments are righteous. The plague was a direct result of disobedience. The Importance of Obedience Obedience to God's commands is crucial. David's failure to follow God's instructions regarding the census led to disaster. Repentance and Restoration While sin has consequences, God is merciful and desires repentance. David's later actions show a heart seeking restoration. Intercession and Leadership Leaders have a responsibility to intercede for their people. David's role as king included seeking God's mercy for Israel. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 2 Samuel 24:15?2. How does 2 Samuel 24:15 demonstrate God's response to sin and disobedience? 3. What can we learn about God's justice from the events in this verse? 4. How does this verse connect to God's mercy shown elsewhere in Scripture? 5. How should understanding God's discipline in 2 Samuel 24:15 affect our daily lives? 6. What steps can we take to avoid actions leading to God's discipline today? 7. Why did God send a plague on Israel in 2 Samuel 24:15? 8. How does 2 Samuel 24:15 reflect God's justice and mercy? 9. What is the significance of the number of people affected in 2 Samuel 24:15? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 24? (15) The time appointed.--Much difficulty has been found with this expression; but, if the Hebrew can bear this meaning, it may be understood well enough of the time (somewhat less than three days, 2Samuel 24:16), which God in His good pleasure determined. The Hebrew, however, probably means "time of assembly," which is generally understood to signify the time of the evening sacrifice; so the Chaldee understand it, and so also St. Jerome. This would reduce the time of the pestilence to a single day. When the angel.--The abruptness of the mention of "the angel" here is removed in 1Chronicles 21:15, "And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying it, the Lord beheld, and he repented," &c. Threshing-place.--Better, threshing-floor, as the same word is translated in 2Samuel 24:18; 2Samuel 24:21; 2Samuel 24:24. . . . Verse 15. - Even to the time appointed. This rendering, though very uncertain, is retained in the Revised Version. It would mean, of course, the end of the third day, as the pestilence was to last for that time. The objections to it are that there is no article in the Hebrew, so that literally it would be "unto a time appointed." Secondly, the pestilence did not continue unto the time appointed, but was mercifully stayed. And thirdly, these words are a literal translation, indeed, of the Vulgate, but a violation of its meaning. For Jerome, who made the translation, says, "'tempus constitutum' means the hour when the evening sacrifice was offered" ('Tradd. Hebrews in Duos Libres Regum'). The versions all agree that the pestilence lasted only a few hours. Thus the Syriac translates, "From morning until the sixth hour," i.e. noon. So too the Septuagint, "From morning until the midday meal." The Vulgate adds on thrice hours, as the evening sacrifice was at the ninth hour; and this is the meaning of the Chaldee Paraphrase: "From the time the daily sacrifice was slain until it was burnt." As the word moed used here means both a time or place appointed for a meeting, and also the meeting itself, the right translation probably is, "From the morning even to the time of assembly," or, as we should say, "the hour of service." Moed was the regular word for the time of the temple service, derived from the old name of the tabernacle, which was called "the tent of moed" (see Numbers 16:19, etc.), rendered iu the Authorized Version, "the tabernacle of the congregation," and in the Revised Version, "the tent of meeting." The hour would thus be the ninth, or three o'clock in the afternoon. Seventy thousand men. This is a vast number to fall victims of the pestilence in so short a time, as even the most dangerous forms of sickness take some days for their development. But similarly the army of Sennacherib was cut off in a night (Isaiah 37:36); as were the firstborn in Egypt, whose visitation more nearly resembles the course of this pestilence; and the rapidity of the death blow, striking down so vast a multitude suddenly throughout all parts of the land, would be proof to every mind that the mortality was the Divine chastisement for national sin. It is possible, nevertheless, that the black death cloud, bringing with it the plague, may have been settling down upon the land previously, and have alarmed David, and brought him to repentance; and though no new cases occurred after the offering of his burnt offerings (ver. 25), yet it by no means follows that all cases of infection were miraculously cured. The malady may have run in them its normal course. It was Jerusalem that was saved from the blow, and, after the offering of the burnt offering, the pestilence smote down no more. 2 Samuel 24:15 records a literal, historic plague that God sovereignly sent in response to David’s census. The judgment was immediate yet measured, severe yet bounded by mercy. Seventy thousand across Israel fell, underscoring the gravity of sin and the collective responsibility of God’s people. The episode ultimately points forward to the place where judgment and mercy meet—Jerusalem’s future temple and, in fullness, the cross of Christ.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the LORDיְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel sent וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a plague דֶּ֙בֶר֙ (de·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1698: A pestilence on Israel בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc from that morning מֵהַבֹּ֖קֶר (mê·hab·bō·qer) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning until וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the appointed מוֹעֵ֑ד (mō·w·‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting time, עֵ֣ת (‘êṯ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6256: Time, now, when and of מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the people הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock from Dan מִדָּן֙ (mid·dān) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Beersheba, שֶׁ֔בַע (še·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev seventy שִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) thousand אֶ֖לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular Strong's 505: A thousand men אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person died. וַיָּ֣מָת (way·yā·māṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill Additonal Resources 2 Samuel 24:15 Blue Letter Bible2 Samuel 24:15 Bible Gateway 2 Samuel 24:15 Bible.com 2 Samuel 24:15 NIV |
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