SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:2
Y dijo el rey a Joab, general del ejército que tenía consigo: Rodea todas las tribus de Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, y contad el pueblo, para que yo sepa el número del pueblo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him , etc.] Or who was with him, even Joab, who was now at court, and was a counsellor of David, as well as his general; or which army was with Joab, a standing army he had the command of: go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba ; from the northern part of the land of Israel to the southern part of it, and this course was accordingly steered, ( 2 Samuel 24:6,7); and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people ; so that this appears to be done not through any urgent necessity, but merely out of curiosity, and to gratify the pride of his heart, and please himself with the thought of ruling such a numerous people, and brag of their numbers to other nations, and place his confidence therein; and no wonder it was displeasing to the Lord.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - For the people's sin David was left to act wrong, and in his chastisement they received punishment. This example throws light upo God's government of the world, and furnishes a useful lesson. The prid of David's heart, was his sin in numbering of the people. He though thereby to appear the more formidable, trusting in an arm of flesh mor than he should have done, and though he had written so much of trustin in God only. God judges not of sin as we do. What appears to u harmless, or, at least, but a small offence, may be a great sin in the eye of God, who discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart. Eve ungodly men can discern evil tempers and wrong conduct in believers, of which they themselves often remain unconscious. But God seldom allow those whom he loves the pleasures they sinfully covet.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 המלך 4428 אל 413 יואב 3097 שׂר 8269 החיל 2428 אשׁר 834 אתו 854 שׁוט 7751 נא 4994 בכל 3605 שׁבטי 7626 ישׂראל 3478 מדן 1835 ועד 5704 באר שׁבע 884 ופקדו 6485 את 853 העם 5971 וידעתי 3045 את 853 מספר 4557 העם׃ 5971
