2 Samuel 24

^{1 a} Before they were plagued with famine, {Chap. 21,1}

^{1 b} The Lord permitted Satan, as {1 Chro. 21,1}

^{1 !} Dauid causeth the people to be nombred.

^{2 c} Because he did this to trie his power and so to trust therein, it offended God, els it was lawful to nomber the people, {Exod. 30,12}, {Nomb. 1, 2}

^{5 /} Or riuer.

^{6 /} Or, to the nether land newly inhabited.

^{7 /} Or, ???

^{9 d} According to Joabs counte: for in all there were eleuen hundreth thousand, {1Chro. 21,5}

^{10 !} He repenteth, and chuseth to fall into Gods hands.

^{11 f} Whome God had appointed for Dauid and his time.

^{13 g} For 3 yeres of famine were past or the Gibionites matter: this was the 4 yere, to the which shulde haue bene added another 3 yeres more, {1 Chro. 21,12}

^{15 h} From the one side of the countrey to the other.

^{15 !} Seuentie thousand perish with the pestilence.

^{16 i} The Lord spared this place, because he had chosen it to buylde his temple there.

^{17 k} Dauid sawe not the iust cause, why God plagued the people, & therefore he offreth him selfe to Gods corrections, as the onely cause of this euil.

^{21 l} Called also Ornan, {1 Chro. 21,10}

^{23 m} That is abundantly, for as some write he was King of Jerusalem before Dauid wanne the towre.

^{24 n} Some write, that euer tribe gaue 50, which make 600, or that afterwarde he boght as muche as came to 550 shekels, {1 Chron. 21, 25}.

^{9 e} Concluding vnder them the Benjamites: for els they had but foure hundreth & seuentie thousand, {1 Chro 21,5}