2 Sa-mu-ên 24

Kinh Thánh Bản Truyền Thống ⇄ NET Bible

StudyAi đã giục lòng Đa-vít? — Động từ trong tiếng Hê-bơ-rơ được dịch là 'giục' có nghĩa là 'kích động' hoặc 'dụ dỗ.' 1 Sử Ký 21:1 gọi Sa-tan là kẻ cám dỗ; câu này đưa ra góc nhìn từ phía Đức Chúa Trời—Ngài trong cơn thạnh nộ đã cho phép điều đó xảy ra, trong khi Đa-vít vẫn phải chịu trách nhiệm.(1CH 21:1)The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”

StudyMột cuộc kiểm kê quân sự — Đây không phải là một cuộc điều tra dân số thông thường. Giô-áp đếm những 'người dũng cảm rút gươm' (câu 9)—tức những chiến binh. Yêu cầu của Đa-vít có lẽ đã bộc lộ sự kiêu ngạo và lòng tin vào sức mạnh quân sự thay vì tin vào lời hứa và quyền năng của Đức Chúa Trời.The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”

Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at the wadi of Gad, near Jazer.

Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.

Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.

Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

“Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.’”

Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”

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.

StudyĐức Chúa Trời hối hận — Từ trong tiếng Hê-bơ-rơ được dịch là 'hối hận' có nghĩa là Đức Chúa Trời cảm thấy đau lòng và từ bỏ việc giáng thêm tai họa—chứ không phải Ngài phạm tội hay bị bất ngờ. Sự thương xót của Ngài đã ngăn thiên sứ lại tại Giê-ru-sa-lem trước khi sự phán xét hoàn toàn đổ xuống.When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.”

StudyĐịa điểm xây đền thờ tương lai — Sân đạp lúa của A-rau-na không phải là một nơi ngẫu nhiên. Theo 2 Sử Ký 3:1, đây là núi Mô-ri-a, nơi Sa-lô-môn sau này sẽ xây đền thờ. Bàn thờ thương xót của Đa-vít đã đánh dấu vị trí thờ phượng trong tương lai của Y-sơ-ra-ên.(2CH 3:1)So Gad went to David that day and told him, “Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord’s instructions.

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

Araunah told David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wishes and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges and harnesses for wood.

I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

StudySự thờ phượng đắt giá — Đa-vít từ chối dâng cho Đức Chúa Trời một món quà mà ông không tốn kém gì. Sự ăn năn thật lòng dâng cho Đức Chúa Trời điều gì đó chân thành và quý giá, chứ không phải chỉ là sự tiện lợi. Bàn thờ mà ông mua đã trở thành nơi gặp gỡ giữa sự thương xót và sự thờ phượng.But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.

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