And again the anger
of the LORD
was kindled
against Israel
, and he moved
David
against them to say
, Go
, number
Israel
and Judah
.
For the king said
to Joab
the captain
of the host
, which was with him, Go now through
all the tribes
of Israel
, from Dan
even to Beersheba
, and number
ye the people
, that I may know
the number
of the people
.
And Joab said
unto the king
, Now the LORD
thy God
add
unto the people
, how many soever
they be, an hundredfold
, and that the eyes
of my lord
the king
may see
it : but why doth my lord
the king
delight
in this thing
?
Notwithstanding the king's word
prevailed
against Joab
, and against the captains
of the host
. And Joab
and the captains
of the host
went out
from the presence
of the king
, to number
the people
of Israel
.
And they passed over Jordan
, and pitched
in Aroer
, on the right side
of the city
that lieth in the midst
of the river
of Gad
, and toward Jazer
:
Then they came to Gilead
, and to the land
of Tahtimhodshi
; and they came
to Danjaan
, and about
to Zidon
,
And came to the strong hold
of Tyre
, and to all the cities
of the Hivites
, and of the Canaanites
: and they went out
to the south
of Judah
, even to Beersheba
.
So when they had gone through all the land
, they came
to Jerusalem
at the end
of nine
months
and twenty
days
.
And Joab gave up
the sum
of the number
of the people
unto the king
: and there were in Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men
that drew
the sword
; and the men
of Judah
were five
hundred
thousand
men
.
And David's heart
smote
him after
that he had numbered
the people
. And David
said
unto the LORD
, I have sinned
greatly
in that I have done
: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD
, take away
the iniquity
of thy servant
; for I have done very
foolishly
.
For when David was up
in the morning
, the word
of the LORD
came unto the prophet
Gad
, David's
seer
, saying
,
Go and say
unto David
, Thus saith
the LORD
, I offer
thee three
things ; choose
thee one
of them, that I may do it unto thee
.
So Gad came
to David
, and told
him, and said
unto him, Shall seven
years
of famine
come
unto thee in thy land
? or wilt thou flee
three
months
before
thine enemies
, while they pursue
thee? or that there be three
days
' pestilence
in thy land
? now advise
, and see
what answer
I shall return
to him that sent
me.
And David said
unto Gad
, I am in a great
strait
: let us fall
now into the hand
of the LORD
; for his mercies
are great
: and let me not fall
into the hand
of man
.
So the LORD sent
a pestilence
upon Israel
from the morning
even to the time
appointed
: and there died
of the people
from Dan
even to Beersheba
seventy
thousand
men
.
And when the angel stretched out
his hand
upon Jerusalem
to destroy
it, the LORD
repented
him of the evil
, and said
to the angel
that destroyed
the people
, It is enough
: stay
now thine hand
. And the angel
of the LORD
was by the threshingplace
of Araunah
the Jebusite
.
And David spake
unto the LORD
when he saw
the angel
that smote
the people
, and said
, Lo, I have sinned
, and I have done wickedly
: but these sheep
, what have they done
? let thine hand
, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's
house
.
And Gad came
that day
to David
, and said
unto him, Go up
, rear
an altar
unto the LORD
in the threshingfloor
of Araunah
the Jebusite
.
And David, according to the saying
of Gad
, went up
as the LORD
commanded
.
And Araunah looked
, and saw
the king
and his servants
coming on
toward him: and Araunah
went out
, and bowed
himself before the king
on his face
upon the ground
.
And Araunah said
, Wherefore is my lord
the king
come
to his servant
? And David
said
, To buy
the threshingfloor
of thee, to build
an altar
unto the LORD
, that the plague
may be stayed
from the people
.
And Araunah said
unto David
, Let my lord
the king
take
and offer up
what seemeth good
unto him
: behold
, here be oxen
for burnt sacrifice
, and threshing instruments
and other instruments
of the oxen
for wood
.
All these things did Araunah, as a king
, give
unto the king
. And Araunah
said
unto the king
, The LORD
thy God
accept
thee.
And the king said
unto Araunah
, Nay; but I will surely
buy
it of thee at a price
: neither will I offer
burnt offerings
unto the LORD
my God
of that which doth cost me nothing
. So David
bought
the threshingfloor
and the oxen
for fifty
shekels
of silver
.
And David built
there an altar
unto the LORD
, and offered
burnt offerings
and peace offerings
. So the LORD
was intreated
for the land
, and the plague
was stayed
from Israel
.