1 Chronicles 21:9-19

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.

18Then the angelH4397 of Jehovah commanded GadH1410 to sayH559 to DavidH1732, that DavidH1732 should goH5927 up, and rear an altarH4196 unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of OrnanH771 the JebusiteH2983. 19And DavidH1732 wentH5927 up at the saying of GadH1410, which he spake in the nameH8034 of Jehovah.