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2 Samuel 24:1

וַיֹּ֨סֶף֙
yâçaph
and — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
לַחֲר֖וֹת
chârâh
to/for — to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Yisrâʼêl
in/with/by — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וַיָּ֨סֶת
çûwth
and — properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
דָּוִ֤ד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
בָּהֶם֙
be-
in/with/by them/their
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
to/for — to say (used with great latitude)
לֵ֛ךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מְנֵ֥ה
mânâh
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וְאֶת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
יְהוּדָֽה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
2 Samuel 24:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He
Narrator's Aside
A genuine, well-documented textual tension: the parallel account of this same census in 1 Chronicles 21:1 attributes the incitement to Satan…
incited David
Narrator's Aside
A genuine, well-documented textual tension: the parallel account of this same census in 1 Chronicles 21:1 attributes the incitement to Satan…
against them
Narrator's Aside
A genuine, well-documented textual tension: the parallel account of this same census in 1 Chronicles 21:1 attributes the incitement to Satan…
to say, “Go, count [the people of] Israel and Judah.”
Rabbi's unlock
2 Samuel 24:1New

David's failure here is trusting his own counted strength instead of Yahweh's protection - the same king who once trusted a sling over armor now leans on numbers instead.

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Today's memory verse · from this session
Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count [the people of] Israel and Judah.”
2 Samuel 24:1
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