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1 Chronicles 21:1-13

1AndSatanstoodH5975upagainstIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andmovedDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732tonumberH4487Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2AndDavidדָּוִ֤ידda.VidH1732saidH559toJoabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097andtotheprincesH8269ofthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,GoH935,numberמִסְפָּרָֽם׃mis.pa.RamH4557Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478fromBeer-shebaeventoDanדָּ֑ןDanH1835;andbringוְהָבִ֣יאוּve.ha.Vi.'uH935thenumberH4557ofthemtome,thatImayknowוְאֵדְעָ֖הve.'e.de.'AhH3045it.

3AndJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097saidH559,Jehovahaddיוֹסֵף֩yo.SefH3254tohispeopleעַמּ֤וֹ׀a.MoH5971,howH4100manysoevertheybeH1961,ahundredfold:aretheynotall,mylordOkingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,mylord'sservantsH5650?whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100doesmylordrequireH1245thisthing?whyלָ֛מָּהLa.mahH4100shouldhebecomeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961atrespasstoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

4Buttheking'swordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697prevailedחָזַ֣קcha.ZakH2388againstJoabיוֹאָ֑בyo.'AvH3097;andJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097departed,andwentH1980throughallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andcameH935[again]toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

5AndJoabיוֹאָ֛בyo.'AvH3097gaveH5414thesumofthenumberמִסְפַּ֥רmis.ParH4557ofthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971toDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732.AndalltheyofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH1961elevenhundredH3967thousandH505menאִישׁ֙'ishH376thatdrewH8025swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719;andofJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.DahH3063,fourאַרְבַּע֩'ar.Ba'H702hundredH3967andseventyוְשִׁבְעִ֥יםve.shiv.'ImH7657thousandH505menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376thatdrewH8025swordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

6ButLeviוְלֵוִי֙ve.le.ViH3878andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144hedidnotcountamongthem;fortheking'swordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697wasabominabletoJoabיוֹאָֽב׃yo.'AvH3097.

7AndGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430wasdispleasedonaccountofthisthingH1697,andhesmoteIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

8AndDavidדָּוִיד֙da.VidH1732saidH559toGodהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,IhavesinnedH2398greatly,inthatIhavedonethisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697;andnowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258,Ibeseechthee, putawayהַֽעֲבֶר־ha.'a.ver-H5674theiniquityH5771ofthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650;forIhavedoneveryH3966foolishlyנִסְכַּ֖לְתִּיnis.Kal.tiH5528.

9AndJehovahspokeH1696toGadגָּ֔דGadH1410, David'sseerחֹזֵ֥הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10Goandspeakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ve.di.bar.TaH1696toDavidדָּוִ֜ידda.VidH1732sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:IofferH6213theethreeשָׁל֕וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969[thingsH7969];chooseבְּחַר־be.char-H977oneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259ofthem,thatImaydoitunto thee.

11AndGadגָ֖דgadH1410cameH935toDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732,andsaidH559tohim,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah:

12Choose thee,eitherthreeשָׁל֨וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֜יםsha.NimH8141offamineרָעָ֗בra.'AvH7458,orthreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֨הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֜יםcho.da.ShimH2320tobedestroyedמַשְׁחִ֖יתmash.ChitH7843beforethine adversarieswhilethattheswordוְחֶ֣רֶבve.Che.revH2719ofthineenemiesאוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ׀'oy.Ve.khaH341overtaketh thee,orthreeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָ֠מִיםYa.mimH3117theswordחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719ofJehovahandthepestilenceוְדֶ֙בֶר֙ve.De.verH1698inthelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,andtheangelוּמַלְאַ֣ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahdestroyingH7843throughallthebordersH1366ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478.AndnowH6258considerרְאֵ֔הre.'EhH7200whatwordדָּבָֽר׃ פda.VarH1697Ishallbringאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725againtohimthatsentH7971me.

13AndDavidדָּוִ֛ידda.VidH1732saidH559toGadגָּ֖דgadH1410,Iaminagreatstrait:letmefallאֶפְּלָה־'e.pe.lah-H5307,Ipraythee,intothehandבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofJehovah,forhismerciesareveryH3966great;butletmenotfallאֶפֹּֽל׃'e.PolH5307intothehandוּבְיַד־u.ve.yad-H3027ofmanH120.

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