1 Chronicles 21:9-19
Gad <01410> [Gad.]
three forms <05186 07969> [offer thee. Heb. stretch out. choose.]
<06213> [that I may.]
Pick <06901> [Choose thee. Heb. Take to thee.]
three .... famine ... three ............... three <07458 07969> [three year's famine.]
In 2 Sa 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there [tria <\\See definition 5140\\> ete,] three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter [Zayin,] {zayin,} seven, being mistaken for [Giymel,] {gimmel,} three.
chased <05595> [to be destroyed.]
swords ........ by <02719> [the sword.]
plague <01698> [even the pestilence.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
decide <07200> [Now therefore.]
very ............... very <03966> [I am in.]
prefer .................... attacked <05307> [let me fall.]
David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence.
very ............... very great <03966 07227> [great. or, many.]
prefer .................... attacked <05307> [but let me.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
70,000 <07657> [seventy.]
Jerusalem <03389> [unto Jerusalem.]
doing ....... relented .... judgment <05162 07451> [repented him.]
enough <07227> [It is enough.]
Ornan <0771> [Ornan.]
[Araunah.]
saw .... messenger <04397 07200> [saw the angel.]
covered <03680> [clothed.]
threw ...... faces <05307 06440> [fell upon.]
said .......... decided <0559> [Is it not I.]
sheep <06629> [these sheep.]
done <06213> [what have.]
family <03027> [let thine.]
family <01> [on my father's.]
plague <04046> [that they should.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
David <01732> [that David.]
up <05927> [went up.]
