The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 4: 1 Chronicles

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Scholarly and accessible, 1 Chronicles–Job is a comprehensive and succinct commentary that guides users to the text’s core meaning. With enhanced ease-of-use features, specialized discussion of key words and concepts, and each commentator’s point-of-view on the text’s implications for life, it is a vital resource for every preacher, teacher, and student of the Bible.

21:1–7 While David’s motivation for ordering this census is unspecified, the repeated connection to troops and elements of warfare implies a military-oriented census, which in turn implies a level of trust on the part of David in his troops rather than a complete trust in God. The Chronicler frequently highlights examples of complete trust in God (e.g., 2 Ch 14:11; 20:12; 25:7–10) as well as breaches of complete trust in God (e.g., 2 Ch 16:7–8; 28:16). The repulsion (v. 3) and subsequent

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