The Meaning of 2 Samuel 24:14 Explained

2 Samuel 24:14

KJV: And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

YLT: And David saith unto Gad, 'I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many are His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

Darby: And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

ASV: And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 24:14?

MEANING: What does 2 Samuel 24:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 24:14 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 24:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

What does 2 Samuel 24:14 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 24:1-14 - A Proud Heart Humbled

The sin of numbering the people lay in its motive. David was animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a fine showing among the surrounding nations, and to impress them with such a conception of Israel's greatness that they would not dare to attack any point of the long frontier line. He yielded to the temptation of trusting in chariots and horses, instead of in the victories of faith.

When the enumeration was nearly complete, David's heart smote him. He saw how far he had swerved from the idea of the theocracy, in which God's will was the sole guide of national policy. He had substituted his own wisdom for the divine edict. A night of anguish followed on this self-discovery, but David submitted himself to God's dealings.

It was wise to choose to fall into the hands of God. They are very loving and tender hands, but David viewed them as punitive and not redemptive; and the plague, which devastated the people, cut him to the quick. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 24

¹ David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
⁵ The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
¹⁰ David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
¹⁵ After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
¹⁸ David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
²⁵ and the plague stops

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 24:14 mean?

And said David to Gad in distress I am great let us fall please into the hand of Yahweh for great - His mercies [are] but into the hand of man not do let me fall

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אֶל־ גָּ֖ד צַר־ לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד נִפְּלָה־ נָּ֤א בְיַד־ יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־ רַבִּ֣ים [רחמו] (רַֽחֲמָ֔יו) וּבְיַד־ אָדָ֖ם אַל־ אֶפֹּֽלָה

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
דָּוִ֛ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
גָּ֖ד	Gad
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גָּד Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
צַר־	in distress
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: צַר Sense: narrow, tight.
לִ֣י	I am
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
מְאֹ֑ד	great
Parse: Adverb Root: מְאֹד Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
נִפְּלָה־	let us fall
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
נָּ֤א	please
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
בְיַד־	into the hand
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
יְהוָה֙	of Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
רַבִּ֣ים	great
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
[רחמו]	-
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(רַֽחֲמָ֔יו)	His mercies [are]
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: רַחַם Sense: womb.
וּבְיַד־	but into the hand
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
אָדָ֖ם	of man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind.
אֶפֹּֽלָה	do let me fall
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.

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