The events of this chapter took place in the early days of David’s reign from Jerusalem. We know that Satan moved David’s pride and ambition to assess his war machine by numbering his troops, and for his ambition, the motive which remains classified to this day, God’s wrath was stirred against the kingdom. David offered sacrifices to God as directed by Gad the prophet, on the thrashing floor of Araunah, which David purchased and which became the very spot on which the Yahweh’s temple would be built by Solomon.
Tags: Pride, Ambition, Jewish temple, Temple altar, Sacrifice, Araunah, Invasion
