DAVID

 *27/09/2020*

FOURTH SUNDAY SERMON

THEME: *ANGELS: MESSENGERS OF GOD*

TOPIC: *ANGELS MINISTERED TO MANY PEOPLE*

SUB-TOPIC: *DAVID*

Text: 2 Samuel 24:15-17

      1 Chronicles 21:16-30

*#when he numbered the people#*

The nature of the *plague* is not specified, only that its origin was from the Lord. The number of those who died was very high, over three times the number of soldiers of Absalom's army who perished in his abortive rebellion (2 Samuel 18:7).

The judgment was carried out by *the angel of the LORD* (Judges 6:11-22). In a demonstration of divine grace, God withheld the plaque from destroying the people of Jerusalem. A threshing floor is a hard, flat surface where wheat is crushed to separate the Kernels from the straw.

*Araunah*, called Ornan in 2 Chronicles 3:1, was a *Jebusite*, one of the original inhabitants of Jerusalem.

David interceded on behalf of the people - these sheep - regarding the plague. He once again confessed his sin (2 Samuel 24:10) and asked God to hold him, rather than the people, accountable.

In 2 Chronicles 21:16 *The Arabians* were from the south-western part of the Arabian peninsula, probably near present-day *Yemen*. They lived across the Red Sea from the *Ethiopians*.

*The tombs of the Kings* was a royal cemetery in Jerusalem where most of David's dynasty were buried (Asa was an exception; 2 Chronicles 16:14). Jehoram was not buried there, but in Jerusalem, the *City of David*.

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