{"commentary":{"id":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"db3d4c8b3c1f32ef9d1430a57392e02bda3a17aac1f9bbe398461de021a3cb13","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1187,"totalNumberOfVerses":17056,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"2SA","commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"2 Samuel","commonName":"2 Samuel","introduction":"THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book of Samuel with more propriety than now, the second being wholly occupied with the relation of transactions that did not take place till after the death of that eminent judge. Accordingly, in the Septuagint and the Vulgate, it is called the First and Second Books of Kings. The early portion of the First Book, down to the end of the twenty-fourth chapter, was probably written by Samuel; while the rest of it and the whole of the Second, are commonly ascribed to Nathan and Gad, founding the opinion on Ch1 29:29. Commentators, however, are divided about this, some supposing that the statements in Sa1 2:26; Sa1 3:1, indicate the hand of the judge himself, or a contemporary; while some think, from Sa1 6:18; Sa1 12:5; Sa1 27:6, that its composition must be referred to a later age. It is probable, however, that these supposed marks of an after-period were interpolations of Ezra. This uncertainty, however, as to the authorship does not affect the inspired authority of the book, which is indisputable, being quoted in the New Testament (Sa1 13:14 in Act 13:22, and Sa2 7:14 in Heb 1:5), as well as in many of the Psalms. \n\n\n\nNext: 2 Samuel Chapter 1\n\n","order":10,"numberOfChapters":24,"sha256":"188c33e35c1324c0d404a63bb72e8da9b887b5607315ae0afe09fa16484886bc","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2SA/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2SA","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":24,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2SA/24.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2SA","chapter":24},"totalNumberOfVerses":209},"chapter":{"number":23,"content":[],"introduction":"DAVID NUMBERS THE PEOPLE. (Sa2 24:1-9)\n\nagain the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah--\"Again\" carries us back to the former tokens of His wrath in the three years' famine [Sa2 21:1]. God, though He cannot tempt any man (Jam 1:13), is frequently described in Scripture as doing what He merely permits to be done; and so, in this case, He permitted Satan to tempt David. Satan was the active mover, while God only withdrew His supporting grace, and the great tempter prevailed against the king. (See Exo 7:13; Sa1 26:19; Sa2 16:10; Psa 105:25; Isa 7:17, &c.). The order was given to Joab, who, though not generally restrained by religious scruples, did not fail to present, in strong terms (see on Ch1 21:3), the sin and danger of this measure. He used every argument to dissuade the king from his purpose. The sacred history has not mentioned the objections which he and other distinguished officers urged against it in the council of David. But it expressly states that they were all overruled by the inflexible resolution of the king.\n\n"},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2SA/23.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2SA","chapter":23},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2SA/24.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2SA","chapter":24},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2SA/22.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2SA","chapter":22},"numberOfVerses":0}