Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
17. let thine hand be on me ] Cp. Moses’ intercession in Exo 32:32; but Moses was innocent, David guilty.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See Gill “1Ch 21:1”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) And David said unto God.Sam., Jehovah. Samuel adds, when he saw the angel that smote the people (see our 1Ch. 21:16); and he said.
Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered?Literally, to number the people. In Samuel these words are wanting. They may have been added by the chronicler for the sake of clearness. though they may also have formed part of the original narrative.
Even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed.Samuel reads, Lo, I (different pronoun) have sinned, and I have dealt crookedly. Our text here may be paraphrastic, but hardly a corruption of the older one.
But as for these sheep, what . . . fathers house.Verbatim as in Samuel, save that the appeal, O Lord my God, is wanting there. (Literally, But these, the sheep. The king was the shepherd.)
But not on thy people, that they should be plagued.Literally, and on thy people, not for a plague. The strangeness of this order makes it likely that these words comprise two marginal notes, or glosses, which have crept into the text. They are not read in Samuel.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 21:17 And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Ver. 17. See on 2Sa 24:17 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Is it not I: 1Ch 21:8, 2Sa 24:17, Psa 51:4, Eze 16:63
these sheep: 1Ki 22:17, Psa 44:11
what have: 2Sa 24:1
let thine: Gen 44:33, Exo 32:32, Exo 32:33, Joh 10:11, Joh 10:12, Rom 9:3, 1Jo 3:16
on my father’s: Exo 20:5, 2Sa 12:10, Psa 51:14, Isa 39:7, Isa 39:8
that they should: Jos 22:18
Reciprocal: Gen 3:24 – a flaming Gen 20:4 – wilt Jos 5:13 – his sword Job 2:5 – put forth Eze 11:13 – Then Jon 1:12 – for
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:17 And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on {h} thy people, that they should be plagued.
(h) Thus he both shows a true repentance and a fatherly care toward his people, who desire God to spare them, and to punish him and his.