21:1 And Satan 7854 stood up 5975 8799 against Israel 3478, and provoked 5496 8686 David 1732 to number 4487 8800 Israel 3478.

21:2 And David 1732 said 559 8799 to Joab 3097 and to the rulers 8269 of the people 5971, Go 3212 8798, number 5608 8798 Israel 3478 from Beersheba 884 even to Dan 1835; and bring 935 8685 the number 4557 of them to me, that I may know 3045 8799 [it].

21:3 And Joab 3097 answered 559 8799, The LORD 3068 make his people 5971 an hundred 3967 times 6471 so many more 3254 8686 as they 1992 [be]: but, my lord 113 the king 4428, [are] they not all my lord's 113 servants 5650? why then doth my lord 113 require 1245 8762 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass 819 to Israel 3478?

21:4 Nevertheless the king's 4428 word 1697 prevailed 2388 8804 against Joab 3097. Wherefore Joab 3097 departed 3318 8799, and went 1980 8691 throughout all Israel 3478, and came 935 8799 to Jerusalem 3389.

21:5 And Joab 3097 gave 5414 8799 the sum 4557 of the number 4662 of the people 5971 unto David 1732. And all [they of] Israel 3478 were a thousand 505 thousand 505 and an hundred 3967 thousand 505 men 376 that drew 8025 8802 sword 2719: and Judah 3063 [was] four 702 hundred 3967 threescore and ten 7657 thousand 505 men 376 that drew 8025 8802 sword 2719.

21:6 But Levi 3878 and Benjamin 1144 counted 6485 8804 he not among 8432 them: for the king's 4428 word 1697 was abominable 8581 8738 to Joab 3097.

21:7 And God 430 was displeased 3415 8799 5869 with this thing 1697; therefore he smote 5221 8686 Israel 3478.(And…: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the LORD concerning this thing)

21:8 And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto God 430, I have sinned 2398 8804 greatly 3966, because I have done 6213 8804 this thing 1697: but now, I beseech thee, do away 5674 8685 the iniquity 5771 of thy servant 5650; for I have done very 3966 foolishly 5528 8738.

21:9 And the LORD 3068 spake 1696 8762 unto Gad 1410, David's 1732 seer 2374, saying 559 8800,

21:10 Go 3212 8798 and tell 1696 8765 David 1732, saying 559 8800, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068, I offer 5186 8802 thee three 7969 [things]: choose 977 8798 thee one 259 of them 2007, that I may do 6213 8799 [it] unto thee.(offer: Heb. stretch out)

21:11 So Gad 1410 came 935 8799 to David 1732, and said 559 8799 unto him, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068, Choose 6901 8761 thee(Choose…: Heb. Take to thee)

21:12 Either three 7969 years' 8141 famine 7458; or three 7969 months 2320 to be destroyed 5595 8737 before 6440 thy foes 6862, while that the sword 2719 of thine enemies 341 8802 overtaketh 5381 8688 [thee]; or 518 else three 7969 days 3117 the sword 2719 of the LORD 3068, even the pestilence 1698, in the land 776, and the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 destroying 7843 8688 throughout all the coasts 1366 of Israel 3478. Now therefore advise 7200 8798 thyself what word 1697 I shall bring again 7725 8686 to him that sent 7971 8802 me.

21:13 And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto Gad 1410, I am in a great 3966 strait 6887 8804: let me fall 5307 8799 now into the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068; for very 3966 great 7227 [are] his mercies 7356: but let me not fall 5307 8799 into the hand 3027 of man 120.(very great: or, very many)

21:14 So the LORD 3068 sent 5414 8799 pestilence 1698 upon Israel 3478: and there fell 5307 8799 of Israel 3478 seventy 7657 thousand 505 men 376.

21:15 And God 430 sent 7971 8799 an angel 4397 unto Jerusalem 3389 to destroy 7843 8687 it: and as he was destroying 7843 8687, the LORD 3068 beheld 7200 8804, and he repented 5162 8735 him of the evil 7451, and said 559 8799 to the angel 4397 that destroyed 7843 8688, It is enough 7227, stay 7503 8685 now thine hand 3027. And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 stood 5975 8802 by the threshingfloor 1637 of Ornan 771 the Jebusite 2983.(Ornan: also called, Araunah 2.Sam.24.18.)

21:16 And David 1732 lifted up 5375 8799 his eyes 5869, and saw 7200 8799 the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 stand 5975 8802 between the earth 776 and the heaven 8064, having a drawn 8025 8803 sword 2719 in his hand 3027 stretched out 5186 8803 over Jerusalem 3389. Then David 1732 and the elders 2205 [of Israel, who were] clothed 3680 8794 in sackcloth 8242, fell 5307 8799 upon their faces 6440.

21:17 And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto God 430, [Is it] not I [that] commanded 559 8804 the people 5971 to be numbered 4487 8800? even I it is that have sinned 2398 8804 and done evil 7489 8689 indeed 7489 8687; but [as for] these sheep 6629, what have they done 6213 8804? let thine hand 3027, I pray thee, O LORD 3068 my God 430, be on me, and on my father's 1 house 1004; but not on thy people 5971, that they should be plagued 4046.

21:18 Then the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 commanded 559 8804 Gad 1410 to say 559 8800 to David 1732, that David 1732 should go up 5927 8799, and set up 6965 8687 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068 in the threshingfloor 1637 of Ornan 771 the Jebusite 2983.

21:19 And David 1732 went up 5927 8799 at the saying 1697 of Gad 1410, which he spake 1696 8765 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068.

21:20 And Ornan 771 turned back 7725 8799, and saw 7200 8799 the angel 4397; and his four 702 sons 1121 with him hid 2244 8693 themselves. Now Ornan 771 was threshing 1758 8804 wheat 2406.(And Ornan…: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with him hid themselves)

21:21 And as David 1732 came 935 8799 to Ornan 771, Ornan 771 looked 5027 8686 and saw 7200 8799 David 1732, and went out 3318 8799 of the threshingfloor 1637, and bowed 7812 8691 himself to David 1732 with [his] face 639 to the ground 776.

21:22 Then David 1732 said 559 8799 to Ornan 771, Grant 5414 8798 me the place 4725 of [this] threshingfloor 1637, that I may build 1129 8799 an altar 4196 therein unto the LORD 3068: thou shalt grant 5414 8798 it me for the full 4392 price 3701: that the plague 4046 may be stayed 6113 8735 from the people 5971.(Grant: Heb. Give)

21:23 And Ornan 771 said 559 8799 unto David 1732, Take 3947 8798 [it] to thee, and let my lord 113 the king 4428 do 6213 8799 [that which is] good 2896 in his eyes 5869: lo 7200 8798, I give 5414 8804 [thee] the oxen 1241 [also] for burnt offerings 5930, and the threshing instruments 4173 for wood 6086, and the wheat 2406 for the meat offering 4503; I give 5414 8804 it all.

21:24 And king 4428 David 1732 said 559 8799 to Ornan 771, Nay; but I will verily 7069 8800 buy 7069 8799 it for the full 4392 price 3701: for I will not take 5375 8799 [that] which [is] thine for the LORD 3068, nor offer 5927 8687 burnt offerings 5930 without cost 2600.

21:25 So David 1732 gave 5414 8799 to Ornan 771 for the place 4725 six 8337 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of gold 2091 by weight 4948.

21:26 And David 1732 built 1129 8799 there an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068, and offered 5927 8686 burnt offerings 5930 and peace offerings 8002, and called 7121 8799 upon the LORD 3068; and he answered 6030 8799 him from heaven 8064 by fire 784 upon the altar 4196 of burnt offering 5930.

21:27 And the LORD 3068 commanded 559 8799 the angel 4397; and he put up 7725 0 his sword 2719 again 7725 8686 into the sheath 5084 thereof.

21:28 At that time 6256 when David 1732 saw 7200 8800 that the LORD 3068 had answered 6030 8804 him in the threshingfloor 1637 of Ornan 771 the Jebusite 2983, then he sacrificed 2076 8799 there.

21:29 For the tabernacle 4908 of the LORD 3068, which Moses 4872 made 6213 8804 in the wilderness 4057, and the altar 4196 of the burnt offering 5930, [were] at that season 6256 in the high place 1116 at Gibeon 1391.

21:30 But David 1732 could 3201 8804 not go 3212 8800 before 6440 it to enquire 1875 8800 of God 430: for he was afraid 1204 8738 because 6440 of the sword 2719 of the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068.

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