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1 Chronicles 21:1-17

21:1

And Satan
<07854>

stood up
<05975> (8799)

against Israel
<03478>_,

and provoked
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David
<01732>

to number
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Israel
<03478>_.

21:2

And David
<01732>

said
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to Joab
<03097>

and to the rulers
<08269>

of the people
<05971>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

number
<05608> (8798)

Israel
<03478>

from Beersheba
<0884>

even to Dan
<01835>_;

and bring
<0935> (8685)

the number
<04557>

of them to me, that I may know
<03045> (8799)

[it].

21:3

And Joab
<03097>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

The LORD
<03068>

make his people
<05971>

an hundred
<03967>

times
<06471>

so many more
<03254> (8686)

as they
<01992>

[be]: but, my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

[are] they not all my lord's
<0113>

servants
<05650>_?

why then doth my lord
<0113>

require
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this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass
<0819>

to Israel
<03478>_?

21:4

Nevertheless the king's
<04428>

word
<01697>

prevailed
<02388> (8804)

against Joab
<03097>_.

Wherefore Joab
<03097>

departed
<03318> (8799)_,

and went
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throughout all Israel
<03478>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

21:5

And Joab
<03097>

gave
<05414> (8799)

the sum
<04557>

of the number
<04662>

of the people
<05971>

unto David
<01732>_.

And all [they of] Israel
<03478>

were a thousand
<0505>

thousand
<0505>

and an hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_:

and Judah
<03063>

[was] four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

threescore and ten
<07657>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_.

21:6

But Levi
<03878>

and Benjamin
<01144>

counted
<06485> (8804)

he not among
<08432>

them: for the king's
<04428>

word
<01697>

was abominable
<08581> (8738)

to Joab
<03097>_.

21:7

And God
<0430>

was displeased
<03415> (8799) <05869>

with this thing
<01697>_;

therefore he smote
<05221> (8686)

Israel
<03478>_.

{And...: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the LORD concerning this thing}

21:8

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

I have sinned
<02398> (8804)

greatly
<03966>_,

because I have done
<06213> (8804)

this thing
<01697>_:

but now, I beseech thee, do away
<05674> (8685)

the iniquity
<05771>

of thy servant
<05650>_;

for I have done very
<03966>

foolishly
<05528> (8738)_.

21:9

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Gad
<01410>_,

David's
<01732>

seer
<02374>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

21:10

Go
<03212> (8798)

and tell
<01696> (8765)

David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

I offer
<05186> (8802)

thee three
<07969>

[things]: choose
<0977> (8798)

thee one
<0259>

of them
<02007>_,

that I may do
<06213> (8799)

[it] unto thee. {offer: Heb. stretch out}

21:11

So Gad
<01410>

came
<0935> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Choose
<06901> (8761)

thee {Choose...: Heb. Take to thee}

21:12

Either three
<07969>

years
<08141>_'

famine
<07458>_;

or three
<07969>

months
<02320>

to be destroyed
<05595> (8737)

before
<06440>

thy foes
<06862>_,

while that the sword
<02719>

of thine enemies
<0341> (8802)

overtaketh
<05381> (8688)

[thee]; or
<0518>

else three
<07969>

days
<03117>

the sword
<02719>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

even the pestilence
<01698>_,

in the land
<0776>_,

and the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

destroying
<07843> (8688)

throughout all the coasts
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>_.

Now therefore advise
<07200> (8798)

thyself what word
<01697>

I shall bring again
<07725> (8686)

to him that sent
<07971> (8802)

me.

21:13

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gad
<01410>_,

I am in a great
<03966>

strait
<06887> (8804)_:

let me fall
<05307> (8799)

now into the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

for very
<03966>

great
<07227>

[are] his mercies
<07356>_:

but let me not fall
<05307> (8799)

into the hand
<03027>

of man
<0120>_.

{very great: or, very many}

21:14

So the LORD
<03068>

sent
<05414> (8799)

pestilence
<01698>

upon Israel
<03478>_:

and there fell
<05307> (8799)

of Israel
<03478>

seventy
<07657>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_.

21:15

And God
<0430>

sent
<07971> (8799)

an angel
<04397>

unto Jerusalem
<03389>

to destroy
<07843> (8687)

it: and as he was destroying
<07843> (8687)_,

the LORD
<03068>

beheld
<07200> (8804)_,

and he repented
<05162> (8735)

him of the evil
<07451>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

to the angel
<04397>

that destroyed
<07843> (8688)_,

It is enough
<07227>_,

stay
<07503> (8685)

now thine hand
<03027>_.

And the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

stood
<05975> (8802)

by the threshingfloor
<01637>

of Ornan
<0771>

the Jebusite
<02983>_.

{Ornan: also called, Araunah}

21:16

And David
<01732>

lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and saw
<07200> (8799)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

stand
<05975> (8802)

between the earth
<0776>

and the heaven
<08064>_,

having a drawn
<08025> (8803)

sword
<02719>

in his hand
<03027>

stretched out
<05186> (8803)

over Jerusalem
<03389>_.

Then David
<01732>

and the elders
<02205>

[of Israel, who were] clothed
<03680> (8794)

in sackcloth
<08242>_,

fell
<05307> (8799)

upon their faces
<06440>_.

21:17

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

[Is it] not I [that] commanded
<0559> (8804)

the people
<05971>

to be numbered
<04487> (8800)_?

even I it is that have sinned
<02398> (8804)

and done evil
<07489> (8689)

indeed
<07489> (8687)_;

but [as for] these sheep
<06629>_,

what have they done
<06213> (8804)_?

let thine hand
<03027>_,

I pray thee, O LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

be on me, and on my father's
<01>

house
<01004>_;

but not on thy people
<05971>_,

that they should be plagued
<04046>_.