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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. We read that David’s heart smote him. Although he had gone wrong, he was nevertheless a good man, and when an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And God was displeased with this thing; This numbering of Israel, which David had carried out in spite of Joab’s protest: “God was displeased with this thing:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore he smote Israel. And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, GO and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest. That is a very sweet name for Solomon, “A man of rest.” I pray that many a believer here may be a man of that kind. Some believers have to be men of war. There they are, in a world of struggles, disputes, contentions, of their own ambitions — but happy is that man who is of a gentle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee— One of them, that I may do it unto thee. David was to choose where there was no choice, for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Either three years famine, or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, Whatever sum that may have been, it could hardly have been a Babylonian talent, because that would have made him to have laid up one thousand millions sterling. 1Ch_21:14. And a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld,-- It is a very beautiful word,-the Lord looked steadfastly on what was being done.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, David had foreseen all that was wanted, and had got a list of the men of skill and art throughout all his land. 1Ch_21:15. Hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. You remember that text, “The Lord showed me four carpenters,” and so when the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. This was the very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. One of the old inhabitants of the land, who had escaped destruction, and had his possession on the top of Mount Morah.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise, therefore and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. That is his word to Solomon.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, What a grand thing it is when a man has true-hearted helpers, men who are ready to stint themselves, annihilate themselves, as it were, to help some other man to do the work of the Lord, quite satisfied to be themselves unknown, so long as the house of the Lord is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 those 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. Here we see David at his best; and what a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. So then they had not to fight, but to work. If Jesus Christ has conquered all our foes, and routed all our sins; if sin, and death, and hell...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up as altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; He was busy at his threshing, and he saw the angel standing by...