19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
19 So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad.
19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded.
19 David did what Gad told him, what God commanded.
19 So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
19 So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:19
Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:18-25
(Read 2 Samuel 24:18-25)
God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Those know not what religion is, who chiefly care to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. For what have we our substance, but to honour God with it; and how can it be better bestowed? See the building of the altar, and the offering proper sacrifices upon it. Burnt-offerings to the glory of God's justice; peace-offerings to the glory of his mercy. Christ is our Altar, our Sacrifice; in him alone we may expect to escape his wrath, and to find favour with God. Death is destroying all around, in so many forms, and so suddenly, that it is madness not to expect and prepare for the close of life.