Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:17

17 Dàwèi kànjian miè mín de tiānshǐ , jiù dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ fàn le zuì , xíng le è . dàn zhè qún yáng zuò le shénme ne . yuàn nǐde shǒu gōngjī wǒ hé wǒde fù jiā .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:17

And David spake unto the Lord
In prayer; he and the elders of Israel being clothed in sackcloth, and fallen on their faces, he prayed, not unto the angel, but to Jehovah that sent him; see ( 1 Chronicles 21:16 1 Chronicles 21:17 ) ;

when he saw the angel that smote the people;
in the air over Jerusalem, with a drawn sword in his hand, which made him appear terrible:

and said, lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly;
in numbering the people:

but these sheep, what have they done?
he looked upon himself as the only transgressor, and his people as innocent, and as harmless as sheep; he thought of no sins but his own; these were uppermost in his mind, and lay heavy on his conscience; and it grieved him extremely the his people should suffer on his account: but they were not so innocent as he thought and suggests; and it was not only for his, but their sins, this evil came; he was suffered to do what he did, to bring upon them deserved punishment for their rebellion against him, and other sins; however, this shows the high opinion he had of them, the great affection he had for them, and his sympathy with them in this time of distress:

let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's
house;
let me and mine die, and not they; a type of Christ, the good Shepherd, willing to lay down his life for the sheep, and suffer in their stead, that they might go free.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:17 In-Context

15 Yúshì , Yēhéhuá jiàng wēnyì yǔ Yǐsèliè rén , zì zǎochen dào suǒ déng de shíhou . cóng dàn zhídào Bièshìbā , mínjiān sǐ le qī wàn rén .

16 Tiānshǐ xiàng Yēlùsǎlĕng shēnshǒu yào miè chéng de shíhou , Yēhéhuá hòuhuǐ , jiù bú jiàng zhè zāi le , fēnfu miè mín de tiānshǐ shuō , gòu le , zhù shǒu ba . nàshí Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ zaì Yēbùsīrén yà laó ná de hécháng nàli .

17 Dàwèi kànjian miè mín de tiānshǐ , jiù dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ fàn le zuì , xíng le è . dàn zhè qún yáng zuò le shénme ne . yuàn nǐde shǒu gōngjī wǒ hé wǒde fù jiā .

18 Dāng rì , Jiādé lái jiàn Dàwèi , duì tā shuō , nǐ shàng qù , zaì Yēbùsīrén yà laó ná de hécháng shàng wéi Yēhéhuá zhú yī zuò tán .

19 Dàwèi jiù zhào zhe Jiādé fèng Yēhéhuá míng suǒ shuō de huà shàng qù le .