“Then they arrived at Dan-Ya‘an, went around to Tzidon and came to the stronghold of Tzor. They went on to the cities of the Hivi and of the Kena‘ani, and finished in the south of Y’hudah, at Be’er-Sheva.“-2 Samuel 24:7-8 So what are we to make of this mysterious reference to “the cities of the […]

“After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.”-2 Samuel 24:5 So from verse 5, without any further ado, the census nonsense begins. Joab, leading his army, traveled through the land that David was ruling from Jerusalem at the time. […]

Yesterday, I said that to understand what was so wrong about a census, we gotta attack the issue from both a human (political) and spiritual (divine) angle. Yesterday, we dived into the earthly or political side of things. Today, let’s dive into the divine aspect. And for that, we gotta go to God’s Word. First, […]

So what was so wrong about the census David ordered? To properly answer this question, we need to look at things from both a human/political and spiritual angle. Politically speaking, the census would have made the people very uncomfortable. Why? Well, think about it, man. Via the whole Bathsheba fiasco, which included killing Bathsheba’s husband, […]

“Yo’av said to the king, ‘May Adonai your God add to the people a hundredfold, no matter how many there are; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this?‘”-2 Samuel 24:3 I remember when I was having a conversation with […]