Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:12
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three [things]; choose thee one of them, that I may [ do] [it] unto thee.
Go, and say unto David,…. Not my servant David, as Nathan was bid to say to him when it was in his heart to build an house for him, 2Sa 7:5; but now he had sinned and displeased the Lord, and therefore it is only plain David:
thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three [things]; or lay them before thee to consider of which thou wouldest have done; the Targum is,
“one of three things I cast upon thee,”
as a burden to bear; one of the three I will certainly inflict upon thee by way of chastisement:
choose thee one of them, that I may [do it] unto thee; here is mercy mixed with judgment; the Lord is angry, yet shows great condescension and goodness; a sovereign Being, who could have imposed what punishment he pleased, and even all the three after mentioned, yet resolves but on one, and leaves that to the option of David.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 24:12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three [things]; choose thee one of them, that I may [do it] unto thee.
Ver. 12. Go and say unto David. ] Plain David, now. Once it was, Go tell my servant David, 2Sa 7:5 but now the case is altered. So when Israel had set up an idol, then God owneth them no longer; but fathereth them upon Moses. Exo 32:7
I offer thee three things.
a Aug., lib. xxii., Cont. Faust., cap. 66.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I offer thee = I impose on thee (Hebrew. natal). A choice out of God’s four sore judgments (Eze 14:21).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I offer: 1Ch 21:10, 1Ch 21:11
that I may: 2Sa 12:9, 2Sa 12:10, 2Sa 12:14, Lev 26:41, Lev 26:43, Job 5:17, Job 5:18, Pro 3:12, Heb 12:6-10, Rev 3:19
Reciprocal: Num 14:12 – smite Jdg 3:20 – I have Jer 22:1 – Go