1 Chronicles 21 -David's Sin and its Consequences |Bible Podcast, David Alley,Peace Christian Church

In this video listen to 1 Chronicles Chapter 21, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In 1 Chronicles 21 we have the other census account, the first coming from 2 Samuel 24. There seems to be conflicting information between them, but by proper scrutiny of them both, we can harmonize and gain additional perspectives. This video will talk about the two accounts, and their harmonization, plus what lessons we might learn for today.

Isaac Marshmallow has written a comprehensive explanation about the discrepancies over the two different tallies. In 2 Samuel 24 it numbers all Israel at 1.3 million people. The account here numbered them at 1.1 million, a difference of 200,000 people. Also, This account says David paid 600 shekels for the site of Arunah the JEbusite.

The 2 Samuel passage says that he paid 50 shekels, but it was for the cattle. There isn’t a discrepancy here, because there are two different things being paid for, the total of them being 650 shekels. According to the rules for Census taking, those under 20 were not to be counted, but David did such a thing, so the differing totals were including the under 20’s in the Samuel account and without the under 20’s in the Chronicles account.

Isaac’s full explanation is at https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.co... The king is now counting all Israel, including the under 20’s, which he was not supposed to do according to the rules of Exodus 30:11-16. If this was done wrongly, the risk was a plague as Exodus 30:12 points out. This site - the threshing floor of Aruna (or Ornan) the Jebusite is the site of Mt Moriah, where Abraham sacrificed the lamb on behalf of Isaac.

This ties into the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf that stopped the plague of sin for all humanity. …. Also the site of the temple.