4.—that there arose war at Gezer &c.] At this place followed the several transactions and disasters of David's affairs for the space of about thirteen years, which VOL. I. are to be supplied from the second book of Samuel, from chap. xii. to chap. xxi. 15, &c. Pyle. Chap. XXI. ver. 1. And Satan stood up &c.] See the notes at 2 Sam. xxiv. 1. On the phrase "stood up against Israel," it should be remarked, that standing up was the posture of those who charged and accused any person of a crime in a court of justice; see 1 Kings xxii. 21. Thus the allusion here may be, that Satan is represented as bringing some sin to the charge of the Israelites, which he laid before God as a reason for punishing them. For this is the manner of the Holy Scripture, thus to bring things down, and accommodate them to the lowest capacities. Bp. Patrick. 9.—Gad, David's seer,] See the note on 2 Chron. xxxiii. 19.