1 Chronik 27:23

23 Aber David nahm nicht die Zahl derer, die von zwanzig Jahren und darunter waren; denn der HERR hatte verheißen, Israel zu mehren wie die Sterne am Himmel.

1 Chronik 27:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:23

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old
and under
Only those that were twenty years and upwards; but, according to Cornelius Bertram ^F11, he numbered them that were under twenty, though but sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen years of age, provided they were of robust bodies, and of a tall stature, and able to bear arms; which he takes to be the sin of David, in numbering the people, being contrary to the law of God; yet though he had ordered them to be numbered, and they were, yet he would not take them and put them into the account of his chronicles, as in the next verse, that his sin might not be known, see ( 2 Samuel 24:9 )

because the Lord had said, he would increase Israel like to the stars
in the heavens;
which are not to be numbered, and therefore David sinned in attempting to number the people.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Lucubrat. Franktall, c. 2.

1 Chronik 27:23 In-Context

21 unter dem halben Stamm Manasse in Gilead war Iddo, der Sohn Sacharjas; unter Benjamin war Jaesiel, der Sohn Abners;

22 unter Dan war Asareel, der Sohn Jerohams. Das sind die Fürsten der Stämme Israels.

23 Aber David nahm nicht die Zahl derer, die von zwanzig Jahren und darunter waren; denn der HERR hatte verheißen, Israel zu mehren wie die Sterne am Himmel.

24 Joab aber, der Zeruja Sohn, der hatte angefangen zu zählen, und vollendete es nicht; denn es kam darum ein Zorn über Israel. Darum kam die Zahl nicht in die Chronik des Königs David. {~}

25 ber den Schatz des Königs war Asmaveth, der Sohn Abdiels; und über die Schätze auf dem Lande in Städten, Dörfern und Türmen war Jonathan, der Sohn Usias.