TSK · 2 Samuel 24:1

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,

The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

But the king said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the LORD has said to him,‘Curse David!’, who can say to him,‘Why have you done this?’”

The LORD said,‘Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.

All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.

I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.