1 Chronicles 21:2-14

2And DavidH1732 saidH559 to JoabH3097 and to the princesH8269 of the peopleH5971, GoH935, numberH4557 IsraelH3478 from Beer-sheba even to DanH1835; and bringH935 the numberH4557 of them to me, that I may knowH3045 it.

3And JoabH3097 saidH559, Jehovah addH3254 to his peopleH5971, howH4100 many soever they beH1961, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O kingH4428, my lord's servantsH5650? whyH4100 does my lord requireH1245 this thing? whyH4100 should he becomeH1961 a trespass to IsraelH3478?

4But the king's wordH1697 prevailedH2388 against JoabH3097; and JoabH3097 departed, and wentH1980 through all IsraelH3478, and cameH935 [again] to JerusalemH3389.

5And JoabH3097 gaveH5414 the sum of the numberH4557 of the peopleH5971 to DavidH1732. And all they of IsraelH3478 wereH1961 eleven hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719; and of JudahH3063, fourH702 hundredH3967 and seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719.

6But LeviH3878 and BenjaminH1144 he did not count among them; for the king's wordH1697 was abominable to JoabH3097.

7And 1GodH430 was displeased on account of this thingH1697, and he smote IsraelH3478.

8And DavidH1732 saidH559 to 2GodH430, I have sinnedH2398 greatly, in that I have done this thingH1697; and nowH6258, I beseech thee, put awayH5674 the iniquityH5771 of thy servantH5650; for I have done veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.

9And Jehovah spokeH1696 to GadH1410, David's seerH2374, sayingH559,

10Go and speakH1696 to DavidH1732 sayingH559, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: I offerH6213 thee threeH7969 [thingsH7969]; chooseH977 oneH259 of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11And GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732, and saidH559 to him, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah:

12Choose thee, either threeH7969 yearsH8141 of famineH7458, or threeH7969 monthsH2320 to be destroyedH7843 before thine adversaries while that the swordH2719 of thine enemiesH341 overtaketh thee, or threeH7969 daysH3117 the swordH2719 of Jehovah and the pestilenceH1698 in the landH776, and the angelH4397 of Jehovah destroyingH7843 through all the bordersH1366 of IsraelH3478. And nowH6258 considerH7200 what wordH1697 I shall bringH7725 again to him that sentH7971 me.

13And DavidH1732 saidH559 to GadH1410, I am in a great strait: let me fallH5307, I pray thee, into the handH3027 of Jehovah, for his mercies are veryH3966 great; but let me not fallH5307 into the handH3027 of manH120.

14And Jehovah sent a pestilenceH1698 upon IsraelH3478; and there fellH5307 of IsraelH3478 seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376.