1 Chronicles 21:7-17

7And GodH430 was displeased with this thingH1697; therefore he smote IsraelH3478. 8And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GodH430, I have sinnedH2398 greatly, in that I have done this thingH1697: but nowH6258, put awayH5674, I beseech thee, the iniquityH5771 of thy servantH5650; for I have done veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.

9And Jehovah spake unto GadH1410, David’s seerH2374, sayingH559, 10Go and speakH1696 unto DavidH1732, sayingH559, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, I offerH6213 thee threeH7969 thingsH7969: chooseH977 thee oneH259 of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11So GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732, and saidH559 unto him, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt: 12either threeH7969 yearsH8141 of famineH7458; or threeH7969 monthsH2320 to be consumed before thy foes, while the swordH2719 of thine enemiesH341 overtaketh thee; or else threeH7969 daysH3117 the swordH2719 of Jehovah, even pestilenceH1698 in the landH776, and the angelH4397 of Jehovah destroyingH7843 throughout all the bordersH1366 of IsraelH3478. NowH6258 thereforeH6258 considerH7200 what answer I shall returnH7725 to him that sentH7971 me. 13And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GadH1410, I am in a great strait: let me fallH5307, I pray, into the handH3027 of Jehovah; for veryH3966 great are his mercies: and let me not fallH5307 into the handH3027 of manH120. 14So Jehovah sent a pestilenceH1698 upon IsraelH3478; and there fellH5307 of IsraelH3478 seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376. 15And GodH430 sentH7971 an angelH4397 unto JerusalemH3389 to destroyH7843 it: and as he was about to destroyH7843, Jehovah beheld, and he repentedH5162 him of the evilH7451, and saidH559 to the destroyingH7843 angelH4397, It is enoughH7227; nowH6258 stay thy handH3027. And the angelH4397 of Jehovah was standingH5975 by the threshing-floor of OrnanH771 the JebusiteH2983. 16And DavidH1732 liftedH5375 up his eyesH5869, and sawH7200 the angelH4397 of Jehovah standingH5975 between earthH776 and heavenH8064, having a drawnH8025 swordH2719 in his handH3027 stretchedH5186 out over JerusalemH3389. Then DavidH1732 and the eldersH2205, clothed in sackclothH8242, fellH5307 upon their facesH6440. 17And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GodH430, Is it not I that commanded the peopleH5971 to beH1961 numberedH4487? even I it is that have sinnedH2398 and done very wickedly; but these sheepH6629, what have they done? let thy handH3027, I pray thee, O Jehovah my GodH430, beH1961 against me, and against my father’sH1 houseH1004; but not against thy peopleH5971, that they should beH1961 plaguedH4046.