2 Samuel 24:11-19; 1 Chronicles 21:9-19
2 Samuel 24:11-19
24:11 For when David <01732> was up <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto the prophet <05030> Gad <01410>, David's <01732> seer <02374>, saying <0559> (8800),
24:12 Go <01980> (8800) and say <0559> (8804) unto David <01732>, Thus saith <01696> (8765) the LORD <03068>, I offer <05190> (8802) thee three <07969> [things]; choose <0977> (8798) thee one <0259> of them, that I may [do it] unto thee <06213> (8799).
24:13 So Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) to David <01732>, and told <05046> (8686) him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Shall seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> come <0935> (8799) unto thee in thy land <0776>? or wilt thou flee <05127> (8800) three <07969> months <02320> before <06440> thine enemies <06862>, while they pursue <07291> (8802) thee? or that there be three <07969> days <03117>' pestilence <01698> in thy land <0776>? now advise <03045> (8798), and see <07200> (8798) what answer <01697> I shall return <07725> (8686) to him that sent <07971> (8802) me.
24:14 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Gad <01410>, I am in a great <03966> strait <06887> (8804): let us fall <05307> (8799) now into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>; for his mercies <07356> [are] great <07227>: and let me not fall <05307> (8799) into the hand <03027> of man <0120>. {are great: or, are many}
24:15 So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) a pestilence <01698> upon Israel <03478> from the morning <01242> even to the time <06256> appointed <04150>: and there died <04191> (8799) of the people <05971> from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy <07657> thousand <0505> men <0376>.
24:16 And when the angel <04397> stretched out <07971> (8799) his hand <03027> upon Jerusalem <03389> to destroy <07843> (8763) it, the LORD <03068> repented <05162> (8735) him of the evil <07451>, and said <0559> (8799) to the angel <04397> that destroyed <07843> (8688) the people <05971>, It is enough <07227>: stay <07503> (8685) now thine hand <03027>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> was by the threshingplace <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>. {Araunah: also called, Ornan}
24:17 And David <01732> spake <0559> (8799) unto the LORD <03068> when he saw <07200> (8800) the angel <04397> that smote <05221> (8688) the people <05971>, and said <0559> (8799), Lo, I have sinned <02398> (8804), and I have done wickedly <05753> (8689): but these sheep <06629>, what have they done <06213> (8804)? let thine hand <03027>, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's <01> house <01004>.
24:18 And Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) that day <03117> to David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927> (8798), rear <06965> (8685) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> in the threshingfloor <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>. {Araunah: Heb. Araniah}
24:19 And David <01732>, according to the saying <01697> of Gad <01410>, went up <05927> (8799) as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765).
1 Chronicles 21:9-19
21:9 And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Gad <01410>, David's <01732> seer <02374>, saying <0559> (8800),
21:10 Go <03212> (8798) and tell <01696> (8765) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, I offer <05186> (8802) thee three <07969> [things]: choose <0977> (8798) thee one <0259> of them <02007>, that I may do <06213> (8799) [it] unto thee. {offer: Heb. stretch out}
21:11 So Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) to David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Choose <06901> (8761) thee {Choose...: Heb. Take to thee}
21:12 Either three <07969> years <08141>' famine <07458>; or three <07969> months <02320> to be destroyed <05595> (8737) before <06440> thy foes <06862>, while that the sword <02719> of thine enemies <0341> (8802) overtaketh <05381> (8688) [thee]; or <0518> else three <07969> days <03117> the sword <02719> of the LORD <03068>, even the pestilence <01698>, in the land <0776>, and the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> destroying <07843> (8688) throughout all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>. Now therefore advise <07200> (8798) thyself what word <01697> I shall bring again <07725> (8686) to him that sent <07971> (8802) me.
21:13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Gad <01410>, I am in a great <03966> strait <06887> (8804): let me fall <05307> (8799) now into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>; for very <03966> great <07227> [are] his mercies <07356>: but let me not fall <05307> (8799) into the hand <03027> of man <0120>. {very great: or, very many}
21:14 So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) pestilence <01698> upon Israel <03478>: and there fell <05307> (8799) of Israel <03478> seventy <07657> thousand <0505> men <0376>.
21:15 And God <0430> sent <07971> (8799) an angel <04397> unto Jerusalem <03389> to destroy <07843> (8687) it: and as he was destroying <07843> (8687), the LORD <03068> beheld <07200> (8804), and he repented <05162> (8735) him of the evil <07451>, and said <0559> (8799) to the angel <04397> that destroyed <07843> (8688), It is enough <07227>, stay <07503> (8685) now thine hand <03027>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> stood <05975> (8802) by the threshingfloor <01637> of Ornan <0771> the Jebusite <02983>. {Ornan: also called, Araunah}
21:16 And David <01732> lifted up <05375> (8799) his eyes <05869>, and saw <07200> (8799) the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> stand <05975> (8802) between the earth <0776> and the heaven <08064>, having a drawn <08025> (8803) sword <02719> in his hand <03027> stretched out <05186> (8803) over Jerusalem <03389>. Then David <01732> and the elders <02205> [of Israel, who were] clothed <03680> (8794) in sackcloth <08242>, fell <05307> (8799) upon their faces <06440>.
21:17 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>, [Is it] not I [that] commanded <0559> (8804) the people <05971> to be numbered <04487> (8800)? even I it is that have sinned <02398> (8804) and done evil <07489> (8689) indeed <07489> (8687); but [as for] these sheep <06629>, what have they done <06213> (8804)? let thine hand <03027>, I pray thee, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, be on me, and on my father's <01> house <01004>; but not on thy people <05971>, that they should be plagued <04046>.
21:18 Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> commanded <0559> (8804) Gad <01410> to say <0559> (8800) to David <01732>, that David <01732> should go up <05927> (8799), and set up <06965> (8687) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> in the threshingfloor <01637> of Ornan <0771> the Jebusite <02983>.
21:19 And David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) at the saying <01697> of Gad <01410>, which he spake <01696> (8765) in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.
