2 Samuel 24

The Census Taken

11Now 2the angerH639 of the LordH3068 burnedH2734 against IsraelH3478 againH3254, and He incitedH5496 DavidH1732 against them to sayH559, “3GoH1980, countH4487 IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063.” 2So the kingH4428 saidH559 to JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH2428, whoH834 was with him, “RoamH7751 aboutH7751 nowH4994 through allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, 4from DanH1835 to BeershebaH884, and conductH6485 aH6485 censusH6485 of the peopleH5971, so that I may knowH3045 the numberH4557 of the peopleH5971.” 3But JoabH3097 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “5May the LordH3068 your GodH430 addH3254 to the peopleH5971 a hundredH3967 timesH6471 as many as they are, while the eyesH5869 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 can still seeH7200; but whyH4100 does my lordH113 the kingH4428 delightH2654 in thisH2088 thingH1697?” 4Nevertheless, the king’sH4428 orderH1697 prevailedH2388 againstH413 JoabH3097 and againstH5921 the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428. So JoabH3097 and the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428 leftH3318 the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428 to conductH6485 aH6485 censusH6485 of the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478. 5They crossedH5674 the JordanH3383 and campedH2583 in 6AroerH6177, on the rightH3225 sideH3225 of the cityH5892 that is in the middleH8432 of the ValleyH5158 of GadH1410 and towardH413 7JazerH3270. 6Then they cameH935 to GileadH1568 and to 8the landH776 of Tahtim-hodshiH8483, and they cameH935 to Dan-jaanH1842 and aroundH5439 to 9SidonH6721, 7then they cameH935 to the 10fortressH4013 of TyreH6865 and to allH3605 the citiesH5892 of the 11HivitesH2340 and of the CanaanitesH3669, and they wentH3318 outH3318 to the southH5045 of JudahH3063, to 12BeershebaH884. 8So when they had roamedH7751 aboutH7751 through the wholeH3605 landH776, they cameH935 to JerusalemH3389 at the endH7097 of nineH8672 monthsH2320 and twentyH6242 daysH3117. 9And JoabH3097 gaveH5414 13the numberH4557 of the censusH4662 of the peopleH5971 to the kingH4428: in IsraelH3478 there were 14eightH8083 hundredH3967 thousandH505 valiantH2428 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719, and the menH376 of JudahH3063 were fiveH2568 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376.

10Now 15David’sH1732 heartH3820 16troubledH5221 him afterH310H3651 he had countedH5608 the peopleH5971. So DavidH1732 saidH559 to the LordH3068, “17I have sinnedH2398 greatlyH3966 in whatH834 I have doneH6213. But nowH6258, LordH3068, pleaseH4994 18overlookH5674 the guiltH5771 of Your servantH5650, for 19I have actedH5528 veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.” 11When DavidH1732 gotH6965 upH6965 in the morningH1242, the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to 20GadH1410 the prophetH5030, David’sH1732 21seerH2374, sayingH559, 12“GoH1980 and speakH1696 to DavidH1732, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “I am imposingH5190 upon you threeH7969 choices; chooseH977 for yourself oneH259 of them, and I will doH6213 it to you.”’” 13So GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732 and toldH5046 him, and saidH559 to him, “Shall 22sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of famineH7458 comeH935 to you in your landH776? OrH518 will you fleeH5127 for threeH7969 monthsH2320 beforeH6440 your enemiesH6862 while they pursueH7291 you? Or shall there be threeH7969 daysH3117 of plagueH1698 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, 23for His merciesH7356 are greatH7227; but do not let me fallH5307 into humanH120 handsH3027.”

Plague Sent

15So 24the LordH3068 25sentH5414 a plagueH1698 upon IsraelH3478 from the morningH1242 untilH5704 the appointedH4150 timeH6256, and seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376 of the peopleH5971 26from DanH1835 to BeershebaH884 diedH4191. 1627When the angelH4397 extendedH7971 his handH3027 toward JerusalemH3389 to destroyH7843 it, 28the LordH3068 relentedH5162 of the disasterH7463 and saidH559 to the angelH4397 who destroyedH7843 the peopleH5971, “It is enoughH7227! NowH6258 dropH7503 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, 29it is I who have sinnedH2398, and it is I who have doneH5753 wrongH5753; but 30theseH428 sheepH6629, whatH4100 have they doneH6213? PleaseH4994 let Your handH3027 be against me and against my father’sH1 houseH1004!”

David Builds an Altar

18So GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732 that dayH3117 and saidH559 to him, “31GoH5927 upH5927, erectH6965 an altarH4196 to the LordH3068 on the threshingH1637 floorH1637 of 32AraunahH728 the JebusiteH2983.” 19Then DavidH1732 wentH5927 upH5927 in accordance with the wordH1697 of GadH1410, justH3512 asH3512 the LordH3068 had commandedH6680. 20And AraunahH728 lookedH8259 downH8259 and sawH7200 the kingH4428 and his servantsH5650 crossingH5674 overH5674 towardH5921 him; so AraunahH728 wentH3318 outH3318 and bowedH2331 his faceH639 to the groundH776 before the kingH4428. 21Then AraunahH728 saidH559, “WhyH4069 has my lordH113 the kingH4428 comeH935 to his servantH5650?” And DavidH1732 saidH559, “To buyH7069 the threshingH1637 floorH1637 from you, in order to buildH1129 an altarH4196 to the LordH3068, 33so that the plagueH4046 may be 34withdrawnH6113 from the peopleH5971.” 22AraunahH728 then saidH559 to DavidH1732, “Let my lordH113 the kingH4428 takeH3947 and offerH5927 upH5927 whatH2896 isH2896 goodH2896 in his sightH5869. LookH7200, here are 35the oxenH1241 for the burntH5930 offeringH5930, the threshingH4173 sledgesH4173 and the yokesH3627 of the oxenH1241 for the woodH6086. 23EverythingH3605, O kingH4428, AraunahH728 givesH5414 to the kingH4428.” And AraunahH728 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “May the LordH3068 your GodH430 beH7521 36favorableH7521 to you.” 24However, the kingH4428 saidH559 to AraunahH728, “NoH3808, but I will certainlyH7069 buyH7069 it from you for a priceH4242; for 37I will not offerH5927 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 to the LordH3068 my GodH430 38thatH2600 costH2600 me nothingH2600.” So 39DavidH1732 boughtH7069 the threshingH1637 floorH1637 and the oxenH1241 for fiftyH2572 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701. 25Then DavidH1732 builtH1129 thereH8033 an altarH4196 to the LordH3068, and he offeredH5927 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and peaceH8002 offeringsH8002. And 40the LordH3068 respondedH6279 toH6279 prayerH6279 for the landH776, and the plagueH4046 was 41withdrawnH6113 from IsraelH3478.