1 Chronicles 21:7-17

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. 15And GodH430 sentH7971 an angelH4397 unto JerusalemH3389 to destroyH7843 it: and as he was destroyingH7843, YhwhH3068 beheldH7200, and he repentedH5162 him of the evilH7451, and saidH559 to the angelH4397 that destroyedH7843, It is enoughH7227, stayH7503 now thine handH3027. And the angelH4397 of YhwhH3068 stoodH5975 by the threshingfloorH1637 of OrnanH771 the JebusiteH2983.5 16And DavidH1732 lifted upH5375 his eyesH5869, and sawH7200 the angelH4397 of YhwhH3068 standH5975 between the earthH776 and the heavenH8064, having a drawnH8025 swordH2719 in his handH3027 stretched outH5186 over JerusalemH3389. Then DavidH1732 and the eldersH2205 of Israel, who were clothedH3680 in sackclothH8242, fellH5307 upon their facesH6440. 17And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto GodH430, Is it not I that commandedH559 the peopleH5971 to be numberedH4487? even I it is that have sinnedH2398 and done evilH7489 indeedH7489; but as for these sheepH6629, what have they doneH6213? let thine handH3027, I pray thee, O YhwhH3068 my GodH430, be on me, and on my father’sH1 houseH1004; but not on thy peopleH5971, that they should be plaguedH4046.