Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
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King James Version
Again the anger of the LORD burned
against Israel, and He stirred
up
David against them ,
saying
, “
Go and
take
a
census
of
Israel and Judah. ”
And
again the anger of the LORD was
kindled
against Israel, and he moved
David against them to
say
, Go ,
number
Israel and Judah.
So
the king said to Joab the commander
of his
army
, who
was with him, “
Go now throughout
the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register
the troops
, so
that I may know their
number. ”
For
the king said to Joab the captain
of the
host
, which
was with him, Go now through
all
the tribes of Israel ,
from Dan even
to Beersheba ,
and number
ye
the people
, that I may know the
number of
the
people
.
But
Joab replied
to
the king, “May
the LORD your
God multiply
the troops
a
hundred
times
over
, and may
the eyes of my lord the king see it .
But why does
my lord the king want
to
do
such
a
thing? ”
And
Joab said
unto
the king, Now
the LORD thy
God add
unto
the people
, how
many
soever
they
be,
an
hundredfold,
and that
the eyes of my lord the king may
see it :
but why doth
my lord the king delight
in
this
thing?
Nevertheless,
the king’s
word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders
of the army
. So
Joab and the commanders
of the army
departed
from the presence of the king to count
the troops
of Israel.
Notwithstanding
the king's
word prevailed against Joab ,
and against the captains
of the host
. And
Joab and the captains
of the host
went
out
from the presence of the king ,
to number
the people
of Israel.
They crossed
the
Jordan and camped
near
Aroer, south
of the town
in the middle
of the valley
, and proceeded
toward Gad
and
Jazer .
And
they passed
over
Jordan ,
and pitched
in
Aroer, on
the
right
side
of the city
that
lieth
in the midst
of the river
of
Gad
, and toward Jazer :
Then they went
to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi,
and on
to Dan-jaan
and around
to Sidon.
Then they came
to Gilead ,
and to
the land of Tahtimhodshi;
and they
came
to Danjaan,
and about
to Zidon,
They
went
toward
the fortress
of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites .
Finally,
they went on
to the Negev
of Judah, to Beersheba.
And
came
to
the strong
hold
of Tyre ,
and to
all the cities of the Hivites ,
and of
the
Canaanites :
and
they went out
to the south
of Judah, even
to Beersheba.
At the end of nine months and twenty days ,
having
gone
through
the
whole
land,
they
returned
to
Jerusalem
.
So
when
they
had
gone
through
all
the
land,
they
came
to
Jerusalem
at the end of nine months and twenty days.
And Joab reported
to
the king
the total
number of the troops.
In
Israel
there were 800,000
men of
valor
who
drew the sword ,
and in
Judah there
were 500,000
.
And Joab gave
up
the sum
of
the number of the people
unto
the
king:
and
there were in
Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men that
drew the sword ;
and the
men
of
Judah were five
hundred
thousand
men
.
After David
had numbered the troops,
his
conscience
was
stricken
and he
said to
the LORD, “
I have sinned greatly in what
I have done .
Now, O LORD, I
beg
You
to
take away the iniquity of Your
servant ,
for I have acted
very foolishly. ”
And
David's
heart
smote
him
after that
he
had numbered the people.
And David
said unto
the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that
I have done :
and
now, I
beseech
thee,
O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy
servant ;
for I have done
very foolishly.
When David got
up in the morning, a
revelation
from
the LORD had
come
to
Gad
the prophet, David’s
seer :
For
when David was
up in the morning, the word
of
the
LORD came
unto
the prophet Gad
, David's
seer ,
saying,
“
Go and tell
David that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
‘
I am
offering
you
three options.
Choose one of them, and
I will
carry
it out
against
you
. ’”
Go and say
unto
David ,
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
I offer
thee
three things;
choose thee
one of them, that
I may
do
it unto
thee
.
So Gad went
and
said
to David, “Do
you
choose
to
endure
three
years of famine in your
land ,
three months of
fleeing
the
pursuit
of
your
enemies, or three days of
plague
upon
your
land? Now then
, think
it
over
and decide
how
I should
reply
to Him who
sent me. ”
So Gad came
to David, and
told
him,
and
said
unto
him,
Shall
seven
years of famine come
unto
thee
in thy
land ?
or
wilt
thou
flee
three months before
thine
enemies, while
they
pursue
thee?
or that
there
be
three days '
pestilence
in
thy
land? now advise
, and see
what
answer
I shall
return
to him that
sent me.
David answered
Gad, “
I am deeply
distressed.
Please,
let us fall into the hand of the LORD ,
for His mercies are great ;
but
do
not
let me fall into the hands
of men
. ”
And
David said
unto
Gad, I am in
a
great
strait:
let us fall now
into the hand of the LORD ;
for his mercies are great :
and
let me not
fall into the hand
of man
.
So the LORD sent a plague
upon Israel from that
morning until
the appointed
time ,
and seventy
thousand
of the people from Dan to Beersheba died
.
So the LORD sent a pestilence
upon Israel from the
morning even
to
the time appointed:
and there
died
of the people from Dan even
to Beersheba seventy
thousand
men
.
But
when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem
, the LORD relented
from
the calamity
and said to the angel who
was
destroying
the people, “
Enough !
Withdraw
your
hand
now !”
At
that
time
the angel of the LORD was by the threshing
floor
of Araunah the Jebusite.
And
when the angel stretched out his hand upon
Jerusalem
to destroy it
, the LORD repented
him
of
the evil,
and said to the angel that
destroyed
the people, It
is
enough :
stay
now thine
hand.
And
the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace
of Araunah the Jebusite.
When
David saw the angel striking
down
the people, he
said to
the
LORD
, “Surely
I,
the
shepherd
, have sinned and acted
wickedly .
But these sheep, what have they done? Please,
let Your
hand fall
upon
me and my father’s
house. ”
And
David spake
unto
the
LORD
when
he
saw the angel that
smote
the people, and
said, Lo
, I
have sinned ,
and I
have
done
wickedly :
but these sheep, what have they done? let thine
hand ,
I
pray
thee,
be
against
me ,
and against
my father's
house.
And that
day
Gad came to David and said to
him, “
Go up and
build
an altar to
the LORD on
the threshing
floor
of Araunah the Jebusite. ”
And Gad came that
day
to David ,
and said unto
him, Go up ,
rear
an altar unto
the LORD in
the threshingfloor
of Araunah the Jebusite.
So
David went
up
at
the word
of Gad, just
as the LORD had
commanded.
And
David ,
according
to
the saying
of Gad, went
up
as the LORD commanded.
When
Araunah looked out
and saw the king and his servants coming toward him ,
he
went out and bowed facedown
before the king.
And
Araunah looked ,
and saw the king and his servants coming on
toward him :
and
Araunah
went out ,
and bowed himself
before the king on
his
face
upon
the
ground
.
“Why
has
my lord the king come to his servant? ”
Araunah
said .
“
To buy your
threshing
floor,”
David
replied
, “that
I
may
build an altar to
the LORD, so
that the plague upon
the
people
may be halted
. ”
And
Araunah
said,
Wherefore
is
my lord the king come to his servant? And
David
said ,
To buy the
threshingfloor
of
thee
, to
build an altar unto
the LORD, that the plague may be stayed
from
the
people
.
Araunah said to
David, “
My lord the king may
take whatever
seems
good
and offer it
up .
Here are
the
oxen for a
burnt offering
and the
threshing sledges
and ox
yokes
for
the wood.
And
Araunah said unto
David, Let
my lord the king take and offer up what
seemeth
good
unto
him:
behold,
here be
oxen for burnt sacrifice,
and threshing instruments
and other
instruments
of
the oxen
for
wood.
O
king,
Araunah
gives
all these to
the king. ”
He
also
said to
the king, “May
the LORD your
God accept you
. ”
All these things
did
Araunah,
as
a
king,
give
unto
the king. And
Araunah
said unto
the king, The LORD thy
God accept thee
.
“No,”
replied
the king, “
I insist
on
paying
a price ,
for
I
will not
offer to
the LORD my God burnt
offerings
that cost me nothing. ”
So David bought the threshing
floor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And
the king said
unto
Araunah
, Nay;
but
I will
surely
buy
it
of
thee
at
a price :
neither
will I
offer burnt
offerings
unto
the LORD my God of
that which
doth
cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And there
he
built an altar to
the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then
the LORD answered
the
prayers
on
behalf
of
the land, and the plague upon
Israel
was halted
.
And David
built there
an altar unto
the LORD ,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So
the LORD was
intreated
for
the land, and the plague was stayed
from
Israel
.
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