Husband and Wife cover 2 Samuel chapter 24: David Numbers Israel and Judah. God tells David to do a census and then gets mad at David for doing the census. God says he'll punish David with three days of plague and then makes David build him an altar to end the three-day plague that was already due to end. This chapter made no dang sense.
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2 Samuel Chapter 24 – Bible Study for Atheists
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Husband and Wife cover 2 Samuel chapter 24: David Numbers Israel and Judah. God tells David to do a census and then gets mad at David for doing the census. God says he'll punish David with three days of plague and then makes David build him an altar to end the three-day plague that…
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