2 Samuel 24:1-17

11Now 2againH3254 the angerH639 of the LordH3068 burnedH2734 against IsraelH3478, and it incitedH5496 DavidH1732 against them to sayH559, “3GoH1980, numberH4487 IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063.” 2The kingH4428 saidH559 to JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH2428 whoH834 was with him, “GoH7751 aboutH7751 nowH4994 through allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, 4from DanH1835 to BeershebaH884, and 5registerH6485 the peopleH5971, that I may knowH3045 the numberH4557 of the peopleH5971.” 3But JoabH3097 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “6Now may the LordH3068 your GodH430 addH3254 to the peopleH5971 a hundredH3967 timesH6471 as many as they are, while the eyesH5869 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 still seeH7200; but whyH4100 does my lordH113 the kingH4428 delightH2654 in thisH2088 thingH1697?” 4Nevertheless, the king’sH4428 wordH1697 prevailedH2388 againstH413 JoabH3097 and againstH5921 the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428. So JoabH3097 and the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428 wentH3318 out from the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428 to 7registerH6485 the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478. 5They crossedH5674 the JordanH3383 and campedH2583 in 8AroerH6177, on the rightH3225 sideH3225 of the cityH5892 that is in the middleH8432 of the valleyH5158 of GadH1410 and towardH413 9JazerH3270. 6Then they cameH935 to GileadH1568 and to 10the landH776 of Tahtim-hodshiH8483, and they cameH935 to Dan-jaanH1842 and aroundH5439 to 11SidonH6721, 7and cameH935 to the 12fortressH4013 of TyreH6865 and to allH3605 the citiesH5892 of the 13HivitesH2340 and of the CanaanitesH3669, and they wentH3318 out to the southH5045 of JudahH3063, to 14BeershebaH884. 8So when they had goneH7751 aboutH7751 through the wholeH3605 landH776, they cameH935 to JerusalemH3389 at the endH7097 of nineH8672 monthsH2320 and twentyH6242 daysH3117. 9And JoabH3097 gaveH5414 15the numberH4557 of the 16registrationH4662 of the peopleH5971 to the kingH4428; and there were in IsraelH3478 17eightH8083 hundredH3967 thousandH505 valiantH2428 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719, and the menH376 of JudahH3063 were fiveH2568 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376.

10Now 18David’sH1732 heartH3820 19troubledH5221 him afterH310H3651 he had numberedH5608 the peopleH5971. So DavidH1732 saidH559 to the LordH3068, “20I have sinnedH2398 greatlyH3966 in whatH834 I have doneH6213. But nowH6258, O LordH3068, pleaseH4994 21takeH5674 awayH5674 the iniquityH5771 of Your servantH5650, for 22I have actedH5528 veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.” 11When DavidH1732 aroseH6965 in the morningH1242, the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to 23the prophetH5030 GadH1410, David’sH1732 24seerH2374, sayingH559, 12“GoH1980 and speakH1696 to DavidH1732, ‘ThusH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559, “I am offeringH5190 you threeH7969 thingsH7969; chooseH977 for yourself oneH259 of them, which I will doH6213 to you.”’” 13So GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732 and toldH5046 him, and saidH559 to him, “Shall 25sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of famineH7458 comeH935 to you in your landH776? OrH518 will you fleeH5127 threeH7969 monthsH2320 beforeH6440 your foesH6862 while they pursueH7291 you? Or shall there be threeH7969 days’H3117 pestilenceH1698 in your landH776? NowH6258 considerH3045 and seeH7200 whatH4100 answerH1697 I shall returnH7725 to Him who sentH7971 me.” 14Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to GadH1410, “I am in greatH3966 distressH6887. Let us nowH4994 fallH5307 into the handH3027 of the LordH3068 26for His merciesH7356 are greatH7227, but do not let me fallH5307 into the handH3027 of manH120.”

15So 27the LordH3068 28sentH5414 a pestilenceH1698 upon IsraelH3478 from the morningH1242 untilH5704 the appointedH4150 timeH6256, and seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376 of the peopleH5971 29from DanH1835 to BeershebaH884 diedH4191. 1630When the angelH4397 stretchedH7971 out his handH3027 toward JerusalemH3389 to destroyH7843 it, 31the LordH3068 relentedH5162 from the calamityH7463 and saidH559 to the angelH4397 who destroyedH7843 the peopleH5971, “It is enoughH7227! NowH6258 relaxH7503 your handH3027!” And the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 was by the threshingH1637 floorH1637 of AraunahH728 the JebusiteH2983. 17Then DavidH1732 spokeH559 to the LordH3068 when he sawH7200 the angelH4397 who was strikingH5221 downH5221 the peopleH5971, and saidH559, “BeholdH2009, 32it is I who have sinnedH2398, and it is I who have doneH5753 wrongH5753; but 33theseH428 sheepH6629, whatH4100 have they doneH6213? PleaseH4994 let Your handH3027 be against me and against my father’sH1 houseH1004.”