Day 143 (2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, Psalm 30) 

Reading of God’s sovereignty working through the sin in this situation gives me hope that God is working through the sinful ways of our country right now and that somehow, someway, His good will prevail and “joy will come in the morning.”

"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor, a lifetime." (Psalm 30:5a). The Lord's anger has an expiration date, but His favor, His pleasure, His mercies, His love never expire! My Godshot 🙂

We see this pattern of God throughout scripture: He knows we’ll sin, but already has a plan to bring us back. That started in the Garden with the prophecy of the Messiah who would crush the serpent’s head. Moses told the people in Deuteronomy that they’d go into exile, but God would bring them back. David violates Ex 30:12’s requirement for an individual tax that would avert plague if a census was taken, and then God uses that sin’s circumstances to establish His temple. And God knows that Solomon will disobey David’s instructions at 1 Chron 22:13, yet He allows Solomon to become the wisest, wealthiest king in history to that time. He is merciful, because He uses my sin to draw me closer to Him. He doesn’t want or endorse sin, but He turns “mourning to dancing” and graves into gardens!

It’s mind-blowing to think that God told David that his son would build a temple-before David’s sin, knowing that David would fail but that God would redeem and restore-so much so that God would use the sin of the census (where David didn’t follow the instructions in Numbers for taking a census that promised a plague if they weren’t followed) and actually establishes the site of forgiveness as His temple, forever. “You turn mourning to dancing, and graves into gardens: You’re the only one who can!”

How marvelous that our God makes our paths straight instead of leaving us on our own. He truly can make beauty out of ashes & restore what the locusts have eaten. What a Mighty, marvelous majestic God we serve ⚔️🛡✝️

That was such an awesome and amazing review of today’s word! Our Heavenly Father is such a great God that he can take our sin and use it for his glory!!!! Thank you Lord that you love me and have redeemed me, that you can use a sinner like me for your glory!! I love you and worship you my Lord!! Thank you Tara for all of the recaps you provide and for helping me and others to read through the Bible and to stay on track with my reading each day!! May the Lord richly bless you!!!

Sin never gets to win against God and His people but that also doesn't give us the license to sin willfully. God still has all happenings under His control and they all will turn out for good and His glory. Thank you TLC and team ❤

Good morning and aloha BR family. Glory be to God and praising him for his word. Psalm 30: 4-5: Sing praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. For his anger last only a moment, but his favor las a lifetime. He is where the JOY is!!!💯🙏

I love TBR! I am learning so much that I never knew before about how awesome our God truly is. Thank you TLC and staff for all you do!

What a amazing discovery Gods plan to free man from sin , so thankful to God.

Good morning beautiful bible readers Family ❤❤❤ Beautiful bible Lesson on this morning TLC have a blessed day in His Presence

For his anger lasts only a moment,but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. I loved the lesson today. I’m thankful I found TBR.

Good morning from NE Oklahoma , on Grand Lake of the Cherokees 🥰May God bless you and your families.

My God-shot is that when David was presented with his disaster options he worshipped and sacrificed to God. He owned his sin and the consequences that follow. Thankfully Jesus owned our sin but let us be humble and keep a sacrificial heart that remains malleable and humble before our Savior.

When David was given options to choose his consequence, he chose to "fall into the hands of the Lord", rather than men, because he knew God's "mercy is very great" (2 Sam 24:14; 1 Ch 21:13). God's "anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime"... (Psalm 30:5).

Glory to God the Alpha Omega, The Beginning and the End. For with Him, everything work together for our God. He's Where The Joy Is.

I love the ever-rotating orchid

Thanks TLC and TBR team beautiful insight to today's lesson 🙌🏾🤗💯❤️ Good morning bible Family ❤ Have a blessed day in His Presence ❤️ He is where the Joy is 💯❤️🙌🏾

My response each time anything unexpected happens whether good or bad has always been "everything happens for a reason" my tribe always gets frustrated with me when that's my response. This message confirms that response, where we as humans fail in this is thinking we ultimately control our lives. God allows us free will and our choices determine the outcome. This day of scripture was perfect for me!! Blessings all TLC family 🙏

It blows my mind how God is the only one who can and who does turn our sin and wickedness into goodness and glory for His name. Hallelujah! Salvation and glory, honor and power to The Lord our God

God is so good. I was really hit with the fact that God is a God who wants us to lean on him. He is our good father.

Amen, sin doesn't win

Father, thank You for your anger lasts but for a moment, but Your goodness, your Your favour is ongoing; You redeem us all. Praise You Father for your everlasting love ❤️

The sheer mercy, sovereignty and the love of God for His people just wrecks me. May we all continue to abide in His Word and settle into Him. Just enjoying HIM❤

Oh that God would redeem all my sin and turn it for good to his people and to his glory!

Happy Birthday TLC! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Happy Birthday TLC? Have a blessed day. Thank you for everything you do for us?

Oh the mercy of God

So amazing this study! Thank you TLC. Happy birthday Tara-leigh Cobble. God bless you! 🎂🎈💖

Happy birthday TLC,love from Belgium🎉🎉🎉

I read this recap(Day 143: 2 Sam 24,1Chr 21-22) today 30th June 2024 on a day that I continue to pray for my nation Kenya. We continue to watch a spectacular turn of events where our younger generations continue to challenge the status quo in major mountains of Influence and breaking the oppressive systems/cycles that have kept the citizens bound. However my greatest worry in prayer has been whether this boldness/anger may end up giving the devil a foothold and binding us once again in loss of lives and great loses; was the sin from our politicians also ordained to carry out Gods will?(i am only human so dont mind my thoughts and worries).So I diarieze this day as I wait for Romans 8:28 where I shall witness "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose". May I live to see this day.

Psalm 30- "Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me" (v2); "Sing the praises of the Lord...praise his holy name...his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." (v 4-5); "You turned my wailing into dancing; ...and clothed me with joy,...Lord my God, I will praise you forever." (v 11-12)

🙏 ✝️ 🧁🎈🎁 🎂 Hello Tara! From Deep in the heart ❤ of Texas near Waco, I want to wish you a Happy Birthday! I thank God for you! You have been such a blessing to so many of us, & for the 1st time in my 53 years, I’ve not missed a day of being in the Bible since I started The Bible Recap on January 1st, and was my only New Years Resolution. I hope & pray you have a super, amazing, wonderful, awesome, memorable, beautiful, just like you day!! 🎂 🎁 🎈🧁✝️

God’s where the joy is! AMEN

As Loren Cunningham said " Jesus is winning!"

Happy Birthday, TLC!! May God grant you many more years!!

Truly one of the best days! God is in ALL things.

🙏🏽🙏🏽Hallelujah

Happy blessed birthday Tara-Leigh!!!!! May you have a fabtastic day and enjoy many many more years of growing His kingdom! 🎂🎁🎀🎉🎈♥️

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TLC! ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

I'm with you Tera ,this was my favorite so far really loving the old testament so much to learn that applies to today morally and throughout ,the worship of our Lord and Savior is so amazing how it all ties together his grace and mercy and love for his people (US),thank you for the awesome conclusion in today reading!! 😊

God uses all things!

Thank you God 🌹

In seeing that Solomon’s name is a derivative of the word Peace in Hebrew, it is amazing to see how this son brought so much comfort to David and Bathsheba. David couldn’t build the temple because he was a man of war. He was told that he would have a son of peace. After Bathsheba was raped, lost her husband and baby - she became pregnant again (now as David’s wife) and names this baby Peace / Solomon. This peaceful child gets to build the temple and lives in a time of peace. He gets to carry on the line of David down to the Savior. 🙏🏽🕊️💙 I don’t think God “plans” evil events - but he does fulfill His plans in spite of them. I believe that maybe it was God’s plan to eventually marry Bathsheba, but his introduction to her would have been when he would have visited her after Uriah, David’s mighty warrior dies in battle - maybe even by David’s side, if he was where he should have been. David just met Bathsheba before God planned for them to meet.

Thoughts on today's reading: There were some differences about the census. In 2 Samuel 24, it says there were 800,000 mighty men in Israel, with another 500,000 in Judah. But in 1 Chronicles 21, it gives 1,100,000 for Israel and 470,000 for Judah. But, it does say for the1 Chronicles 21 account that Joab intentionally did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the numbers reported because he was angry with David. Another interesting difference between the accounts is who is charged with inciting David to have the census done. In 2 Samuel 24: 1, it says the Lord incited David. But, in 1 Chronicles 21: 1, it says Satan. I believe that God allowed Satan to incite David. I think this is no different than when God allowed Satan to inflict Job. Job kept his faith in that situation. David, on the other hand, insisted on a census, but he never consulted God, so there were grave consequences for his sin. What I appreciate is that once David recognized his sin, he repented. He knew that he deserved punishment. He understood that God's rebuke was for his own good. God was so gracious in giving David a choice of punishment. I love Psalm 30. Praise God that His anger is only for a moment, but His favor lasts forever (Ps. 30: 5).

Hey Bible Readers!

Thanks for your interpretation/explanation, sometimes I'm left wondering why the differences in the different books, but then I just turn it over to the Lord, God bless and have a great day

Bless You

This is my favorite commentary of yours to date. Understanding when God told David that he would have a son Solomon who would build a house for Him is everything! Really helped me to see God’s character better today. 🥹🤩🙏🏼💞 Thank you TLC for your excellent teachings.

God uses sinful man and he is so so forgiving. Thank you for your perspective TLC! God bless and strengthen yiu

Still cannot see how my dispicable sin will or has been used to God's glory.

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Thank you, Happy Birthday 🎉

Amen TLC!

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David sinned by taking a census. A census itself is not wrong. We see God ordered them before. However, God sees the intentions of the heart. David’s heart was leaning away from God. He was looking to the numbers of his army. His trust was in something less than God. Consequences were given and many people died. Whatever trust David had in numbers was greatly reduced. David’s sin was greater because the responsibility of his actions affected the entire nation. We see many mistakes and out right sin that David did. Yet it is almost shocking to see that God planned in advance for David to gather all the supplies and make preparations for his son Solomon to build the temple. God had said this would be done. God declared this would be done even beforeDavid sinned with Bathsheba, committed adultery, and murdered her husband. God knew exactly what horrible things David would do before it happened and He still set David apart with His mercy and love. God has mercy and grace for us beyond what we can understand.

Is there any information on the difference in price that tells how much David paid for the threshing floor??

Great summary as usual. I do have a quick question though - is it true that David chose the 3 days of plague? My understanding is that he left it up to the Lord to choose his punishment. Not trying to nitpick unnecessarily, just trying to be true to the text. Thanks for all you do.

I’m still unclear about David getting the prophetic BEFORE Solomon was born. CSN anyone give me scripture and verse. I thought Solomon was prophesied to build temple when he was a baby. Thank you

Hey friends! Something happened with my youversion plan. All the comments disappeared and it shows as if i haven't done any day in the plan, like I'm in 0.... Does anybody has had the same problem?

I've tried to find the answer, but where does God tell David that he will have a son who will build the temple? 1 Chronicles 17:11-14 only says that one of David's sons will rule after him and will build the LORD a temple, but doesn't specify the son's name will be Solomon. After Solomon is born & is growing up, God tells David that this is the son, but where was it written before that that God told David about Solomon to be born?

There's another discrepancy that you didn't talk about - in 2 Samuel 24:24 it says David paid 50 shekels of silver for the threshing floor and oxen, but in 1 Chronicles 21:25 it says he paid 600 shekels of gold. Why might there be such a big discrepancy between these? I realize it's not a super important detail, but I'm still wondering why they're so different.

It confuses me as to why she mentioned the discrepancy of Satan telling David to call a census and the LORD telling him to do it. She did not explain why this exists. Why would it say the LORD did it when Satan did it?

Was Satan's appearance in Chronicles a Christophany? Tara-Leigh said it was the Son of God.

Need to work on your math accuracy. Several times now there have been misstatements. 40 percent of 365 is 146 days not 143

Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel. “My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God,” David told him. “But the Lord said to me, ‘You have killed many men in the battles you have fought. And since you have shed so much blood in my sight, you will not be the one to build a Temple to honor my name. But you will have a son who will be a man of peace. I will give him peace with his enemies in all the surrounding lands. His name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign. He is the one who will build a Temple to honor my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will secure the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ Now seek the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that you can bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the Lord’s name.” 1 Chronicles 22:6‭-‬10‭, ‬19 NLT bible.com/bible/116/1ch.22.6-19.NLT