1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan7854 stood up5975 against Israel,3478 and provoked5496 David1732 to number4487 Israel.34782 And David1732 said559 to Joab3097 and to the rulers8269 of the people,5971 Go,3212 number5608 Israel3478 from Beersheba884 even to Dan;1835 and bring935 the number4557 of them to me, that I may know3045it.3 And Joab3097 answered,559 The LORD3068 make his people5971 an hundred3967 times6471 so many more3254 as they1992be: but, my lord113 the king,4428are they not all my lord's113 servants?5650 why then doth my lord113 require1245 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass819 to Israel?34784 Nevertheless the king's4428 word1697 prevailed2388 against Joab.3097 Wherefore Joab3097 departed,3318 and went1980 throughout all Israel,3478 and came935 to Jerusalem.3389
1 Chronicles 21:5 And Joab3097 gave5414 the sum4557 of the number4662 of the people5971 unto David.1732 And all theyof Israel3478 were a thousand505 thousand505 and an hundred3967 thousand505 men376 that drew8025 sword:2719 and Judah3063was four702 hundred3967 threescore and ten7657 thousand505 men376 that drew8025 sword.27196 But Levi3878 and Benjamin1144 counted6485 he not among8432 them: for the king's4428 word1697 was abominable8581 to Joab.30977 And God430 was displeased34155869 with this thing;1697{And it was evil in the eyes of the LORD concerning this thing} therefore he smote5221 Israel.34788 And David1732 said559 unto God,430 I have sinned2398 greatly,3966 because I have done6213 this thing:1697 but now, I beseech thee, do away5674 the iniquity5771 of thy servant;5650 for I have done very3966 foolishly.5528
1 Chronicles 21:9 And the LORD3068 spake1696 unto Gad,1410 David's1732 seer,2374 saying,55910 Go3212 and tell1696 David,1732 saying,559 Thus saith559 the LORD,3068 I offer5186{Heb. stretch out} thee three7969things: choose977 thee one259 of them,2007 that I may do6213it unto thee.
11 So Gad1410 came935 to David,1732 and said559 unto him, Thus saith559 the LORD,3068 Choose6901 thee{Heb. take to thee}12 Either three7969 years'8141 famine;7458 or three7969 months2320 to be destroyed5595 before6440 thy foes,6862 while that the sword2719 of thine enemies341 overtaketh5381thee; or518 else three7969 days3117 the sword2719 of the LORD,3068 even the pestilence,1698 in the land,776 and the angel4397 of the LORD3068 destroying7843 throughout all the coasts1366 of Israel.3478 Now therefore advise7200 thyself what word1697 I shall bring again7725 to him that sent7971 me.
13 And David1732 said559 unto Gad,1410 I am in a great3966{Or, many} strait:6887 let me fall5307 now into the hand3027 of the LORD;3068 for very3966 great7227are his mercies:7356 but let me not fall5307 into the hand3027 of man.120
1 Chronicles 21:14 So the LORD3068 sent5414 pestilence1698 upon Israel:3478 and there fell5307 of Israel3478 seventy7657 thousand505 men.37615 And God430 sent7971 an angel4397 unto Jerusalem3389 to destroy7843 it: and as he was destroying,7843 the LORD3068 beheld,7200 and he repented5162 him of the evil,7451 and said559 to the angel4397 that destroyed,7843 It is enough,7227 stay7503 now thine hand.3027 And the angel4397 of the LORD3068 stood5975 by the threshingfloor1637 of Ornan771{Or, Araunah} the Jebusite.298316 And David1732 lifted up5375 his eyes,5869 and saw7200 the angel4397 of the LORD3068 stand5975 between the earth776 and the heaven,8064 having a drawn8025 sword2719 in his hand3027 stretched out5186 over Jerusalem.3389 Then David1732 and the elders2205ofIsrael,whowere clothed3680 in sackcloth,8242 fell5307 upon their faces.644017 And David1732 said559 unto God,430Isit not I that commanded559 the people5971 to be numbered?4487 even I it is that have sinned2398 and done evil7489 indeed;7489 but asfor these sheep,6629 what have they done?6213 let thine hand,3027 I pray thee, O LORD3068 my God,430 be on me, and on my father's1 house;1004 but not on thy people,5971 that they should be plagued.4046
1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel4397 of the LORD3068 commanded559 Gad1410 to say559 to David,1732 that David1732 should go up,5927 and set up6965 an altar4196 unto the LORD3068 in the threshingfloor1637 of Ornan771 the Jebusite.298319 And David1732 went up5927 at the saying1697 of Gad,1410 which he spake1696 in the name8034 of the LORD.306820 And Ornan771 turned back,7725 and saw7200 the angel;4397 and his four702 sons1121 with him hid2244 themselves.{Or, When Ornan turned back, and saw the Angel, then he and his four sons with him, hid themselves} Now Ornan771 was threshing1758 wheat.240621 And as David1732 came935 to Ornan,771 Ornan771 looked5027 and saw7200 David,1732 and went out3318 of the threshingfloor,1637 and bowed7812 himself to David1732 with his face639 to the ground.77622 Then David1732 said559 to Ornan,771 Grant5414{Heb. give} me the place4725 of this threshingfloor,1637 that I may build1129 an altar4196 therein unto the LORD:3068 thou shalt grant5414 it me for the full4392 price:3701 that the plague4046 may be stayed6113 from the people.597123 And Ornan771 said559 unto David,1732 Take3947it to thee, and let my lord113 the king4428 do6213thatwhichis good2896 in his eyes:5869 lo,7200 I give5414thee the oxen1241also for burnt offerings,5930 and the threshing instruments4173 for wood,6086 and the wheat2406 for the meat offering;4503 I give5414 it all.
24 And king4428 David1732 said559 to Ornan,771 Nay; but I will verily7069 buy7069 it for the full4392 price:3701 for I will not take5375that which is thine for the LORD,3068 nor offer5927 burnt offerings5930 without cost.260025 So David1732 gave5414 to Ornan771 for the place4725 six8337 hundred3967 shekels8255 of gold2091 by weight.494826 And David1732 built1129 there an altar4196 unto the LORD,3068 and offered5927 burnt offerings5930 and peace offerings,8002 and called7121 upon the LORD;3068 and he answered6030 him from heaven8064 by fire784 upon the altar4196 of burnt offering.593027 And the LORD3068 commanded559 the angel;4397 and he put up77252794 his sword2719 again7725 into the sheath5084 thereof.
1 Chronicles 21:28 At that time6256 when David1732 saw7200 that the LORD3068 had answered6030 him in the threshingfloor1637 of Ornan771 the Jebusite,2983 then he sacrificed2076 there.
29 For the tabernacle4908 of the LORD,3068 which Moses4872 made6213 in the wilderness,4057 and the altar4196 of the burnt offering,5930were at that season6256 in the high place1116 at Gibeon.139130 But David1732 could3201 not go3212 before6440 it to enquire1875 of God:430 for he was afraid1204 because6440 of the sword2719 of the angel4397 of the LORD.3068