2 Samuel 24:17 meaning and explanation
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
2 Samuel 24:17, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
David has just ordered a census of his fighting men, a move his commander Joab warned against, and a plague has already killed seventy thousand. Seeing the angel striking the people, David confesses that he is the one who sinned and acted wickedly.
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