1Ch 21:1

1Ch 21: Outlined: (1) David is moved to number Israel, paralleled with 2Sa 24 (vv 1-7); (2) David recognizes he has sinned (v 8); (3) David has to choose between three curses from God (vv 9-13); (4) The sword of the angel of the Lord slays many in Jerusalem, stopping over the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite (vv 14-17); (5) David buys the threshing floor and sets up an alter because the plague is stayed (vv 18-30).

SATAN: Ref to an enemy: Cp with 2Sa 24:1: “And HE incited”; or, “One incited” — indefinite. Is this an angel of the LORD who acts as the “adversary” here? (Cp Mat 16:22,23: Peter called “Satan”.)

1Ch 21:25

Is there a discrepancy between 2Sa 24:24 and 1Ch 21:25? No. The difference in prices may be resolved in this way: the price of the threshing floor alone was 50 shekels of silver (2Sa 24:24), while the price of the entire “site” or “place” (that is, the holy place or sanctuary) of mount Moriah — where the threshing floor was located — was 600 shekels of gold (1Ch 21:25).