2 Samuel 24:14 (WEB)
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
““Let us fall,” it is said, “into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.” ( Ecclus. ii. 18.)” — editor's note: [Or better, 2 Sam. xxiv. 14.—F.G.]
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Ambrose of Milan
“And David answered: “These three things are a great strait to me, but let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for very many are His mercies, and let me not fall into the hands of man.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xxiv. 14.
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Cross-references · 1
2 Samuel 24:14 and 1 Chronicles 21:13 share the same wording (21 words).