Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
the anger of Jehovah
addeth
to
burn
against Israel, and `an
adversary'
moveth
David about
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. ”
And
the king saith
unto
Joab, head
of
the
host
that
`is'
with him, `
Go to
and
fro,
I
pray
thee,
through
all
the tribes of Israel ,
from Dan even
unto
Beer-Sheba,
and inspect
ye
the people
--
and
I have
known
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 saith
unto
the king, `Yea,
Jehovah
thy
God doth
add
unto
the people,
as
they
are,
a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are
seeing;
and
my lord the king ,
why
is
he
desirous
of
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 .
And
the word of
the
king
is
severe
towards
Joab ,
and against the heads
of the force,
and
Joab goeth
out,
and the heads
of the force,
`
from '
before
the king to inspect
the people,
even
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 pass
over
the Jordan ,
and encamp
in
Aroer, on
the
right
of the city
that
`is'
in the midst
of the brook
of
Gad ,
and unto
Jazer ,
Then
they went
to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on
to Dan-jaan and around
to
Sidon.
and
they come
in
to Gilead ,
and unto
the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they
come
in
to Dan-Jaan ,
and round
about
unto
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
they come
in
to
the fortress of Tyre ,
and all the cities of the Hivite,
and of
the
Canaanite
, and
go
out
unto
the south
of Judah, to Beer-Sheba
.
At the end of nine months and twenty days ,
having
gone
through
the
whole
land,
they
returned
to Jerusalem .
And
they
go
to
and
fro
through
all
the
land,
and
come
in
at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem ,
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 giveth
the account
of
the inspection
of the people
unto
the
king
, and
Israel
is
eight
hundred
thousand
men of valour,
drawing
sword, and the
men
of
Judah 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
the
heart
of
David smiteth
him,
after
that
he
hath
numbered the people
, and David
saith
unto
Jehovah
, `
I have sinned greatly in that
which
I have done ,
and
now, O Jehovah
, cause
to pass
away ,
I
pray
Thee,
the iniquity of Thy
servant, for I have acted very foolishly. '
When
David got
up
in the morning, a
revelation
from
the LORD
had
come
to
Gad the prophet, David’s
seer :
And
David riseth
in the morning, and
the word
of
Jehovah
hath
been
unto
Gad the prophet, seer of
David,
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 thou
hast
spoken
unto
David ,
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Three
--
I am lifting
up
for
thee,
choose thee
one of them, and I do
`
it '
to
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. ”
And
Gad cometh
in
unto
David,
and declareth
to him
, and
saith
to him,
`Do
seven
years of famine come
in to
thee
in
thy
land ?
or
three months art
thou
fleeing before
thine
adversary
--
and
he
pursuing
thee?
or are
three days '
pestilence
in
thy
land? now, know
and see
what
word
I take
back
to Him sending
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 saith
unto
Gad, `
I have
great
distress
, let us fall ,
I
pray
thee,
into the hand of Jehovah
, for many
`are'
His mercies ,
and
into the hand
of man
let
me
not
fall
. '
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.
And
Jehovah
giveth
a pestilence
on
Israel from the
morning even
unto
the time appointed
, and there
die
of the people ,
from Dan even
unto
Beer-Sheba,
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
the messenger
putteth
forth
his hand to Jerusalem to
destroy
it
, and
Jehovah
repenteth
concerning
the evil,
and saith
to the messenger
who is
destroying among
the people, `
Enough ,
now ,
cease
thy
hand;'
and
the messenger
of Jehovah
was near
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. ”
And
David speaketh
unto
Jehovah,
when
he
seeth
the messenger
who
is
smiting
among
the people, and
saith
, `Lo,
I have
sinned
, yea
, I
have done
perversely;
and these --
the
flock
--
what have they done? Let ,
I
pray
Thee,
Thy
hand be
on
me ,
and on
the
house of
my
father
. '
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 cometh
in
unto
David on
that
day,
and saith
to him, `
Go up ,
raise
to
Jehovah
an altar in
the threshing -
floor of Araunah the Jebusite ;'
So
David went
up at
the word of Gad, just
as the
LORD
had
commanded.
and
David goeth
up ,
according
to
the word of Gad, as Jehovah
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 looketh,
and seeth
the king and his servants passing
over
unto
him, and
Araunah
goeth
out and boweth
himself
to
the king --
his
face
to
the
earth
.
“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
saith,
`Wherefore
hath
my lord the king come unto
his servant? '
and
David
saith,
`
To buy from
thee
the
threshing -
floor, to
build an altar to Jehovah
, and
the plague is
restrained
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 saith
unto
David, `Let
my lord the king take and cause
to
ascend
that
which
is
good
in
his
eyes;
see,
the oxen for a burnt -
offering ,
and the threshing instruments,
and the 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
. ”
the whole
hath
Araunah
given,
`as'
a
king to a
king;
and
Araunah
saith
unto
the king, `Jehovah
thy
God doth
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 saith
unto
Araunah
, `Nay,
for
I do
surely
buy
from
thee
for
a price, and
I do
not cause
to ascend
to
Jehovah
my God burnt -
offerings for
nought;'
and
David buyeth
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
.
and David
buildeth
there an altar to Jehovah,
and causeth
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings and peace -
offerings ,
and
Jehovah
is
entreated
for
the land, and the plague is
restrained
from
Israel.
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