Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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. ”
Again the anger of Yahweh
was
kindled
against Israel, and he moved
David against them, saying, 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
. ”
The king said to Joab the captain
of the
host
, who was with him, Go now back
and
forth
through
all
the tribes of Israel ,
from Dan even
to Beersheba ,
and number
you
the people
, that I may know the
sum
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? ”
Joab said
to the king, Now
Yahweh
your God add
to
the people,
however
many
they
may
be,
one
hundred times ;
and may the eyes of my lord the king see it :
but why does 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
. 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 .
They passed
over
the Jordan ,
and encamped
in
Aroer, on
the
right
side
of the city
that
is
in the middle of the valley of
Gad ,
and to
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 Tahtim Hodshi ;
and they
came
to Dan Jaan ,
and round
about
to Sidon ,
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 stronghold
of Tyre ,
and to
all the cities of the Hivites ,
and of
the
Canaanites ;
and
they went out
to the south
of Judah, at
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
back
and
forth
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
.
Joab gave
up
the sum
of
the numbering
of the people
to
the
king:
and
there were in
Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men who 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. ”
David's
heart
struck
him
after that
he
had numbered the people.
David
said to Yahweh
, I have sinned greatly in that
which
I have done :
but
now, Yahweh
, put
away,
I beg you ,
the iniquity of your 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 :
When David rose
up in the morning, the word
of
Yahweh
came
to 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 speak
to
David ,
Thus
says Yahweh,
I offer
you three things:
choose you
one of them, that
I may
do
it to
you.
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
to him,
Shall
seven
years of famine come
to
you
in your land ?
or
will
you
flee
three months before
your foes
while
they
pursue
you?
or shall
there
be
three days '
pestilence
in
your land? now advise
you
, and consider
what
answer
I shall
return
to him who 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
. ”
David said
to
Gad, I am in
a
great
strait:
let us fall now
into the hand of Yahweh;
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 Yahweh
sent a pestilence
on
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.
When the angel stretched out his hand toward
Jerusalem
to destroy it
, Yahweh
repented
him
of
the evil,
and said to the angel who destroyed
the people, It
is
enough ;
now
stay
your hand .
The angel of Yahweh
was by the threshing floor 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. ”
David spoke
to
Yahweh
when
he
saw the angel who
struck
the people, and
said, Behold
, I
have sinned ,
and I
have
done
perversely;
but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand 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. ”
Gad came that
day
to David ,
and said to him, Go up ,
rear
an altar to Yahweh
in
the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
So
David went up at
the word
of Gad, just
as the
LORD
had
commanded.
David went up according
to
the saying
of Gad, as Yahweh
commanded.
When
Araunah looked out
and saw the king and his servants coming toward him ,
he
went out and bowed facedown
before the king.
Araunah looked forth,
and saw the king and his servants coming on
toward him :
and
Araunah
went out ,
and bowed himself
before the king with
his
face
to
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
. ”
Araunah
said,
Why is
my lord the king come to his servant? David
said ,
To buy the
threshing floor of
you
, to
build an altar to Yahweh
, 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 .
Araunah said to David, Let
my lord the king take and offer up what
seems
good
to
him:
behold,
the oxen for the
burnt offering ,
and the threshing instruments
and the
yokes of
the
oxen
for the wood :
O
king, Araunah gives
all
these
to the king. ”
He
also
said to the king, “May
the
LORD
your God accept you. ”
all
this,
king, does
Araunah give
to the king. Araunah
said to the king, Yahweh
your God accept you.
“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.
The king said
to
Araunah
, No;
but
I will
most
assuredly
buy
it
of
you
at
a price .
Neither
will I
offer burnt-offerings
to Yahweh
my God which
cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor 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
.
David
built there
an altar to Yahweh,
and offered burnt offerings and peace -
offerings. So
Yahweh
was
entreated
for
the land, and the plague was stayed
from
Israel
.
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