1 Chronicles 21:2-14

2And DavidH1732 saidH559 to JoabH3097 and to the rulersH8269 of the peopleH5971, GoH3212, numberH5608 IsraelH3478 from Beer–shebaH884 even to DanH1835; and bringH935 the numberH4557 of them to me, that I may knowH3045 it. 3And JoabH3097 answeredH559, YhwhH3068 make his peopleH5971 an hundredH3967 timesH6471 so many moreH3254 as theyH1992 be: but, my lordH113 the kingH4428, are they not all my lord’sH113 servantsH5650? why then doth my lordH113 requireH1245 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespassH819 to IsraelH3478? 4Nevertheless the king’sH4428 wordH1697 prevailedH2388 against JoabH3097. Wherefore JoabH3097 departedH3318, and wentH1980 throughout all IsraelH3478, and cameH935 to JerusalemH3389.

5And JoabH3097 gaveH5414 the sumH4557 of the numberH4662 of the peopleH5971 unto DavidH1732. And all they of IsraelH3478 were a thousandH505 thousandH505 and an hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719: and JudahH3063 was fourH702 hundredH3967 threescore and tenH7657 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719. 6But LeviH3878 and BenjaminH1144 countedH6485 he not amongH8432 them: for the king’sH4428 wordH1697 was abominableH8581 to JoabH3097. 7And GodH430 was displeasedH5869H3415 with this thingH1697; therefore he smoteH5221 IsraelH3478.1 8And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GodH430, I have sinnedH2398 greatlyH3966, because I have doneH6213 this thingH1697: but now, I beseech thee, do awayH5674 the iniquityH5771 of thy servantH5650; for I have done veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.

9And YhwhH3068 spakeH1696 unto GadH1410, David’sH1732 seerH2374, sayingH559, 10GoH3212 and tellH1696 DavidH1732, sayingH559, Thus saithH559 YhwhH3068, I offerH5186 thee threeH7969 things: chooseH977 thee oneH259 of themH2007, that I may doH6213 it unto thee.2 11So GadH1410 cameH935 to DavidH1732, and saidH559 unto him, Thus saithH559 YhwhH3068, ChooseH6901 thee3 12Either threeH7969 years’H8141 famineH7458; or threeH7969 monthsH2320 to be destroyedH5595 beforeH6440 thy foesH6862, while that the swordH2719 of thine enemiesH341 overtakethH5381 thee; orH518 else threeH7969 daysH3117 the swordH2719 of YhwhH3068, even the pestilenceH1698, in the landH776, and the angelH4397 of YhwhH3068 destroyingH7843 throughout all the coastsH1366 of IsraelH3478. Now therefore adviseH7200 thyself what wordH1697 I shall bring againH7725 to him that sentH7971 me. 13And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GadH1410, I am in a greatH3966 straitH6887: let me fallH5307 now into the handH3027 of YhwhH3068; for veryH3966 greatH7227 are his merciesH7356: but let me not fallH5307 into the handH3027 of manH120.4

14So YhwhH3068 sentH5414 pestilenceH1698 upon IsraelH3478: and there fellH5307 of IsraelH3478 seventyH7657 thousandH505 menH376.