24:1 | And again <03254> (8686) the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled <02734> (8800) against Israel <03478>, and he moved <05496> (8686) David <01732> against them to say <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798), number <04487> (8798) Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>. |
24:2 | For the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Joab <03097> the captain <08269> of the host <02428>, which [was] with him, Go now through <07751> (8798) all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>, and number <06485> (8798) ye the people <05971>, that I may know <03045> (8804) the number <04557> of the people <05971>. {Go: or, Compass} |
24:3 | And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Now the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> add <03254> (8686) unto the people <05971>, how many soever <01992> they be, an hundredfold <03967> <06471>, and that the eyes <05869> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> may see <07200> (8802) [it]: but why doth my lord <0113> the king <04428> delight <02654> (8804) in this thing <01697>? |
24:4 | Notwithstanding the king's <04428> word <01697> prevailed <02388> (8799) against Joab <03097>, and against the captains <08269> of the host <02428>. And Joab <03097> and the captains <08269> of the host <02428> went out <03318> (8799) from the presence <06440> of the king <04428>, to number <06485> (8800) the people <05971> of Israel <03478>. |
24:5 | And they passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>, and pitched <02583> (8799) in Aroer <06177>, on the right side <03225> of the city <05892> that [lieth] in the midst <08432> of the river <05158> of Gad <01410>, and toward Jazer <03270>: {river: or, valley} |
24:6 | Then they came <0935> (8799) to Gilead <01568>, and to the land <0776> of Tahtimhodshi <08483>; and they came <0935> (8799) to Danjaan <01842>, and about <05439> to Zidon <06721>, {land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited} |
24:7 | And came <0935> (8799) to the strong hold <04013> of Tyre <06865>, and to all the cities <05892> of the Hivites <02340>, and of the Canaanites <03669>: and they went out <03318> (8799) to the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, [even] to Beersheba <0884>. |
24:8 | So when they had gone <07751> (8799) through all the land <0776>, they came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389> at the end <07097> of nine <08672> months <02320> and twenty <06242> days <03117>. |
24:9 | And Joab <03097> gave up <05414> (8799) the sum <04557> of the number <04662> of the people <05971> unto the king <04428>: and there were in Israel <03478> eight <08083> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> valiant <02428> men <0376> (8677) <0381> that drew <08025> (8802) the sword <02719>; and the men <0376> of Judah <03063> [were] five <02568> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> men <0376>. |
24:10 | And David's <01732> heart <03820> smote <05221> (8686) him after <0310> that he had numbered <05608> (8804) the people <05971>. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, I have sinned <02398> (8804) greatly <03966> in that I have done <06213> (8804): and now, I beseech thee, O LORD <03068>, take away <05674> (8685) the iniquity <05771> of thy servant <05650>; for I have done very <03966> foolishly <05528> (8738). |
24:11 | For when David <01732> was up <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto the prophet <05030> Gad <01410>, David's <01732> seer <02374>, saying <0559> (8800), |
24:12 | Go <01980> (8800) and say <0559> (8804) unto David <01732>, Thus saith <01696> (8765) the LORD <03068>, I offer <05190> (8802) thee three <07969> [things]; choose <0977> (8798) thee one <0259> of them, that I may [do it] unto thee <06213> (8799). |
24:13 | So Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) to David <01732>, and told <05046> (8686) him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Shall seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> come <0935> (8799) unto thee in thy land <0776>? or wilt thou flee <05127> (8800) three <07969> months <02320> before <06440> thine enemies <06862>, while they pursue <07291> (8802) thee? or that there be three <07969> days <03117>' pestilence <01698> in thy land <0776>? now advise <03045> (8798), and see <07200> (8798) what answer <01697> I shall return <07725> (8686) to him that sent <07971> (8802) me. |
24:14 | And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Gad <01410>, I am in a great <03966> strait <06887> (8804): let us fall <05307> (8799) now into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>; for his mercies <07356> [are] great <07227>: and let me not fall <05307> (8799) into the hand <03027> of man <0120>. {are great: or, are many} |
24:15 | So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) a pestilence <01698> upon Israel <03478> from the morning <01242> even to the time <06256> appointed <04150>: and there died <04191> (8799) of the people <05971> from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy <07657> thousand <0505> men <0376>. |
24:16 | And when the angel <04397> stretched out <07971> (8799) his hand <03027> upon Jerusalem <03389> to destroy <07843> (8763) it, the LORD <03068> repented <05162> (8735) him of the evil <07451>, and said <0559> (8799) to the angel <04397> that destroyed <07843> (8688) the people <05971>, It is enough <07227>: stay <07503> (8685) now thine hand <03027>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> was by the threshingplace <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>. {Araunah: also called, Ornan} |
24:17 | And David <01732> spake <0559> (8799) unto the LORD <03068> when he saw <07200> (8800) the angel <04397> that smote <05221> (8688) the people <05971>, and said <0559> (8799), Lo, I have sinned <02398> (8804), and I have done wickedly <05753> (8689): but these sheep <06629>, what have they done <06213> (8804)? let thine hand <03027>, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's <01> house <01004>. |
24:18 | And Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) that day <03117> to David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927> (8798), rear <06965> (8685) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> in the threshingfloor <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>. {Araunah: Heb. Araniah} |
24:19 | And David <01732>, according to the saying <01697> of Gad <01410>, went up <05927> (8799) as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765). |
24:20 | And Araunah <0728> looked <08259> (8686), and saw <07200> (8799) the king <04428> and his servants <05650> coming on <05674> (8802) toward him: and Araunah <0728> went out <03318> (8799), and bowed <07812> (8691) himself before the king <04428> on his face <0639> upon the ground <0776>. |
24:21 | And Araunah <0728> said <0559> (8799), Wherefore is my lord <0113> the king <04428> come <0935> (8804) to his servant <05650>? And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), To buy <07069> (8800) the threshingfloor <01637> of thee, to build <01129> (8800) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>, that the plague <04046> may be stayed <06113> (8735) from the people <05971>. |
24:22 | And Araunah <0728> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> take <03947> (8799) and offer up <05927> (8686) what [seemeth] good <02896> unto him <05869>: behold <07200> (8798), [here be] oxen <01241> for burnt sacrifice <05930>, and threshing instruments <04173> and [other] instruments <03627> of the oxen <01241> for wood <06086>. |
24:23 | All these [things] did Araunah <0728>, [as] a king <04428>, give <05414> (8804) unto the king <04428>. And Araunah <0728> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, The LORD <03068> thy God <0430> accept <07521> (8799) thee. |
24:24 | And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Araunah <0728>, Nay; but I will surely <07069> (8800) buy <07069> (8799) [it] of thee at a price <04242>: neither will I offer <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> unto the LORD <03068> my God <0430> of that which doth cost me nothing <02600>. So David <01732> bought <07069> (8799) the threshingfloor <01637> and the oxen <01241> for fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701>. |
24:25 | And David <01732> built <01129> (8799) there an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>, and offered <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> and peace offerings <08002>. So the LORD <03068> was intreated <06279> (8735) for the land <0776>, and the plague <04046> was stayed <06113> (8735) from Israel <03478>. |