16Cumque extendisset manum suam angelus super Ierusalem, ut disperderet eam, misertus est Dominus super afflictione et ait angelo percutienti populum: " Sufficit; nunc contine manum tuam! ".Erat autem angelus Domini iuxta aream Areuna Iebusaei.
2 Samuel 24 closes David's story with a devastating plague and a costly act of worship. David orders a census of Israel, an act that brings God's judgment upon the nation. The chapter wrestles with the difficult relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility, as
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