Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem - By what means this destruction took place, we know not: it appears that an angel was employed in it, and that this minister of Divine justice actually appeared as an object. of sight; for it is said, II Samuel 24:17, When David saw the angel that smote the people, he said, etc.; and both Ornan and his four sons saw him and were affrighted, I Chronicles 21:20.
The threshing-place of Araunah - These threshing-places, we have already seen, were made in the open air. In the parallel place, I Chronicles 21:15, I Chronicles 21:20, etc., this person is called Ornan. The word that we render Araunah is written in this very chapter Auarnah , II Samuel 24:16, Araniah , II Samuel 24:18, Araunah or Araunah , II Samuel 24:20, and the following: but in every place in 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 where it occurs it is written Ornan . It is likely he had both names, Araunah and Ornan: but the varieties of spelling in 2 Samuel must arise from the blunders of transcribers.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Samuel 24:16
Psalms 30:11
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