2 Samuel 24:15 Meaning and Explanation
“So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →A pestilence sweeps the land, and seventy thousand of the people die.
What Does 2 Samuel 24:15 Mean?
The judgment falls. A pestilence comes upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand perish from Dan to Beersheba, the very span the census had measured. The numbers David had so prized are now diminished by the consequence of his sin.
Sin's effects are seldom confined to the sinner alone; a king's fault touches the whole people. This sobering truth runs throughout Scripture and through life: our choices ripple outward, for good or ill, far beyond ourselves. Yet even here the judgment has a boundary, an appointed time, for God's wrath is measured while His mercy reaches toward restraint, as the next verse will show.
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What does 2 Samuel 24:15 mean?
A pestilence sweeps the land, and seventy thousand of the people die.