24:1 And again 3254 8686 the anger 639 of the LORD 3068 was kindled 2734 8800 against Israel 3478, and he moved 5496 8686 David 1732 against them to say 559 8800, Go 3212 8798, number 4487 8798 Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.

24:2 For the king 4428 said 559 8799 to Joab 3097 the captain 8269 of the host 2428, which [was] with him, Go now through 7751 8798 all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884, and number 6485 8798 ye the people 5971, that I may know 3045 8804 the number 4557 of the people 5971.(Go: or, Compass)

24:3 And Joab 3097 said 559 8799 unto the king 4428, Now the LORD 3068 thy God 430 add 3254 8686 unto the people 5971, how many soever 1992 they be, an hundredfold 3967 6471, and that the eyes 5869 of my lord 113 the king 4428 may see 7200 8802 [it]: but why doth my lord 113 the king 4428 delight 2654 8804 in this thing 1697?

24:4 Notwithstanding the king's 4428 word 1697 prevailed 2388 8799 against Joab 3097, and against the captains 8269 of the host 2428. And Joab 3097 and the captains 8269 of the host 2428 went out 3318 8799 from the presence 6440 of the king 4428, to number 6485 8800 the people 5971 of Israel 3478.

24:5 And they passed over 5674 8799 Jordan 3383, and pitched 2583 8799 in Aroer 6177, on the right side 3225 of the city 5892 that [lieth] in the midst 8432 of the river 5158 of Gad 1410, and toward Jazer 3270:(river: or, valley)

24:6 Then they came 935 8799 to Gilead 1568, and to the land 776 of Tahtimhodshi 8483; and they came 935 8799 to Danjaan 1842, and about 5439 to Zidon 6721,(land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited)

24:7 And came 935 8799 to the strong hold 4013 of Tyre 6865, and to all the cities 5892 of the Hivites 2340, and of the Canaanites 3669: and they went out 3318 8799 to the south 5045 of Judah 3063, [even] to Beersheba 884.

24:8 So when they had gone 7751 8799 through all the land 776, they came 935 8799 to Jerusalem 3389 at the end 7097 of nine 8672 months 2320 and twenty 6242 days 3117.

24:9 And Joab 3097 gave up 5414 8799 the sum 4557 of the number 4662 of the people 5971 unto the king 4428: and there were in Israel 3478 eight 8083 hundred 3967 thousand 505 valiant 2428 men 376 8677 381 that drew 8025 8802 the sword 2719; and the men 376 of Judah 3063 [were] five 2568 hundred 3967 thousand 505 men 376.

24:10 And David's 1732 heart 3820 smote 5221 8686 him after 310 that he had numbered 5608 8804 the people 5971. And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto the LORD 3068, I have sinned 2398 8804 greatly 3966 in that I have done 6213 8804: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD 3068, take away 5674 8685 the iniquity 5771 of thy servant 5650; for I have done very 3966 foolishly 5528 8738.

24:11 For when David 1732 was up 6965 8799 in the morning 1242, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came unto the prophet 5030 Gad 1410, David's 1732 seer 2374, saying 559 8800,

24:12 Go 1980 8800 and say 559 8804 unto David 1732, Thus saith 1696 8765 the LORD 3068, I offer 5190 8802 thee three 7969 [things]; choose 977 8798 thee one 259 of them, that I may [do it] unto thee 6213 8799.

24:13 So Gad 1410 came 935 8799 to David 1732, and told 5046 8686 him, and said 559 8799 unto him, Shall seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 come 935 8799 unto thee in thy land 776? or wilt thou flee 5127 8800 three 7969 months 2320 before 6440 thine enemies 6862, while they pursue 7291 8802 thee? or that there be three 7969 days' 3117 pestilence 1698 in thy land 776? now advise 3045 8798, and see 7200 8798 what answer 1697 I shall return 7725 8686 to him that sent 7971 8802 me.

24:14 And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto Gad 1410, I am in a great 3966 strait 6887 8804: let us fall 5307 8799 now into the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068; for his mercies 7356 [are] great 7227: and let me not fall 5307 8799 into the hand 3027 of man 120.(are great: or, are many)

24:15 So the LORD 3068 sent 5414 8799 a pestilence 1698 upon Israel 3478 from the morning 1242 even to the time 6256 appointed 4150: and there died 4191 8799 of the people 5971 from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884 seventy 7657 thousand 505 men 376.

24:16 And when the angel 4397 stretched out 7971 8799 his hand 3027 upon Jerusalem 3389 to destroy 7843 8763 it, the LORD 3068 repented 5162 8735 him of the evil 7451, and said 559 8799 to the angel 4397 that destroyed 7843 8688 the people 5971, It is enough 7227: stay 7503 8685 now thine hand 3027. And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 was by the threshingplace 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.

24:17 And David 1732 spake 559 8799 unto the LORD 3068 when he saw 7200 8800 the angel 4397 that smote 5221 8688 the people 5971, and said 559 8799, Lo, I have sinned 2398 8804, and I have done wickedly 5753 8689: but these sheep 6629, what have they done 6213 8804? let thine hand 3027, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's 1 house 1004.

24:18 And Gad 1410 came 935 8799 that day 3117 to David 1732, and said 559 8799 unto him, Go up 5927 8798, rear 6965 8685 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068 in the threshingfloor 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.(Araunah: Heb. Araniah)

24:19 And David 1732, according to the saying 1697 of Gad 1410, went up 5927 8799 as the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 8765.

24:20 And Araunah 728 looked 8259 8686, and saw 7200 8799 the king 4428 and his servants 5650 coming on 5674 8802 toward him: and Araunah 728 went out 3318 8799, and bowed 7812 8691 himself before the king 4428 on his face 639 upon the ground 776.

24:21 And Araunah 728 said 559 8799, Wherefore is my lord 113 the king 4428 come 935 8804 to his servant 5650? And David 1732 said 559 8799, To buy 7069 8800 the threshingfloor 1637 of thee, to build 1129 8800 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068, that the plague 4046 may be stayed 6113 8735 from the people 5971.

24:22 And Araunah 728 said 559 8799 unto David 1732, Let my lord 113 the king 4428 take 3947 8799 and offer up 5927 8686 what [seemeth] good 2896 unto him 5869: behold 7200 8798, [here be] oxen 1241 for burnt sacrifice 5930, and threshing instruments 4173 and [other] instruments 3627 of the oxen 1241 for wood 6086.

24:23 All these [things] did Araunah 728, [as] a king 4428, give 5414 8804 unto the king 4428. And Araunah 728 said 559 8799 unto the king 4428, The LORD 3068 thy God 430 accept 7521 8799 thee.

24:24 And the king 4428 said 559 8799 unto Araunah 728, Nay; but I will surely 7069 8800 buy 7069 8799 [it] of thee at a price 4242: neither will I offer 5927 8686 burnt offerings 5930 unto the LORD 3068 my God 430 of that which doth cost me nothing 2600. So David 1732 bought 7069 8799 the threshingfloor 1637 and the oxen 1241 for fifty 2572 shekels 8255 of silver 3701.

24:25 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. So the LORD 3068 was intreated 6279 8735 for the land 776, and the plague 4046 was stayed 6113 8735 from Israel 3478.

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