1 And again{H3254}{(H8686)} the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was kindled{H2734}{(H8800)} against Israel{H3478}, and he moved{H5496}{(H8686)} David{H1732} against them to say{H559}{(H8800)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, number{H4487}{(H8798)} Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}.

2 For the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097} the captain{H8269} of the host{H2428}, which was with him, Go now through{H7751}{(H8798)} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, from Dan{H1835} even to Beersheba{H884}, and number{H6485}{(H8798)} ye the people{H5971}, that I may know{H3045}{(H8804)} the number{H4557} of the people{H5971}.

3 And Joab{H3097} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, Now the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} add{H3254}{(H8686)} unto the people{H5971}, how many soever{H1992} they be, an hundredfold{H3967}{H6471}, and that the eyes{H5869} of my lord{H113} the king{H4428} may see{H7200}{(H8802)} it: but why doth my lord{H113} the king{H4428} delight{H2654}{(H8804)} in this thing{H1697}?

4 Notwithstanding the king's{H4428} word{H1697} prevailed{H2388}{(H8799)} against Joab{H3097}, and against the captains{H8269} of the host{H2428}. And Joab{H3097} and the captains{H8269} of the host{H2428} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} from the presence{H6440} of the king{H4428}, to number{H6485}{(H8800)} the people{H5971} of Israel{H3478}.

5 And they passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} Jordan{H3383}, and pitched{H2583}{(H8799)} in Aroer{H6177}, on the right side{H3225} of the city{H5892} that lieth in the midst{H8432} of the river{H5158} of Gad{H1410}, and toward Jazer{H3270}:

6 Then they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Gilead{H1568}, and to the land{H776} of Tahtimhodshi{H8483}; and they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Danjaan{H1842}, and about{H5439} to Zidon{H6721},

7 And came{H935}{(H8799)} to the strong hold{H4013} of Tyre{H6865}, and to all the cities{H5892} of the Hivites{H2340}, and of the Canaanites{H3669}: and they went out{H3318}{(H8799)} to the south{H5045} of Judah{H3063}, even to Beersheba{H884}.

8 So when they had gone{H7751}{(H8799)} through all the land{H776}, they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} at the end{H7097} of nine{H8672} months{H2320} and twenty{H6242} days{H3117}.

9 And Joab{H3097} gave up{H5414}{(H8799)} the sum{H4557} of the number{H4662} of the people{H5971} unto the king{H4428}: and there were in Israel{H3478} eight{H8083} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} valiant{H2428} men{H376}{(H8677)}{H381} that drew{H8025}{(H8802)} the sword{H2719}; and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} were five{H2568} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376}.

10 And David's{H1732} heart{H3820} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him after{H310} that he had numbered{H5608}{(H8804)} the people{H5971}. And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} greatly{H3966} in that I have done{H6213}{(H8804)}: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD{H3068}, take away{H5674}{(H8685)} the iniquity{H5771} of thy servant{H5650}; for I have done very{H3966} foolishly{H5528}{(H8738)}.

11 For when David{H1732} was up{H6965}{(H8799)} in the morning{H1242}, the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto the prophet{H5030} Gad{H1410}, David's{H1732} seer{H2374}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

12 Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto David{H1732}, Thus saith{H1696}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068}, I offer{H5190}{(H8802)} thee three{H7969} things; choose{H977}{(H8798)} thee one{H259} of them, that I may do it unto thee{H6213}{(H8799)}.

13 So Gad{H1410} came{H935}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Shall seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458} come{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee in thy land{H776}? or wilt thou flee{H5127}{(H8800)} three{H7969} months{H2320} before{H6440} thine enemies{H6862}, while they pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} thee? or that there be three{H7969} days{H3117}' pestilence{H1698} in thy land{H776}? now advise{H3045}{(H8798)}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} what answer{H1697} I shall return{H7725}{(H8686)} to him that sent{H7971}{(H8802)} me.

14 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Gad{H1410}, I am in a great{H3966} strait{H6887}{(H8804)}: let us fall{H5307}{(H8799)} now into the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}; for his mercies{H7356} are great{H7227}: and let me not fall{H5307}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of man{H120}.

15 So the LORD{H3068} sent{H5414}{(H8799)} a pestilence{H1698} upon Israel{H3478} from the morning{H1242} even to the time{H6256} appointed{H4150}: and there died{H4191}{(H8799)} of the people{H5971} from Dan{H1835} even to Beersheba{H884} seventy{H7657} thousand{H505} men{H376}.

16 And when the angel{H4397} stretched out{H7971}{(H8799)} his hand{H3027} upon Jerusalem{H3389} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} it, the LORD{H3068} repented{H5162}{(H8735)} him of the evil{H7451}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to the angel{H4397} that destroyed{H7843}{(H8688)} the people{H5971}, It is enough{H7227}: stay{H7503}{(H8685)} now thine hand{H3027}. And the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} was by the threshingplace{H1637} of Araunah{H728} the Jebusite{H2983}.

17 And David{H1732} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} when he saw{H7200}{(H8800)} the angel{H4397} that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Lo, I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and I have done wickedly{H5753}{(H8689)}: but these sheep{H6629}, what have they done{H6213}{(H8804)}? let thine hand{H3027}, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's{H1} house{H1004}.

18 And Gad{H1410} came{H935}{(H8799)} that day{H3117} to David{H1732}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Go up{H5927}{(H8798)}, rear{H6965}{(H8685)} an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068} in the threshingfloor{H1637} of Araunah{H728} the Jebusite{H2983}.

19 And David{H1732}, according to the saying{H1697} of Gad{H1410}, went up{H5927}{(H8799)} as the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}.

20 And Araunah{H728} looked{H8259}{(H8686)}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} and his servants{H5650} coming on{H5674}{(H8802)} toward him: and Araunah{H728} went out{H3318}{(H8799)}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} himself before the king{H4428} on his face{H639} upon the ground{H776}.

21 And Araunah{H728} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Wherefore is my lord{H113} the king{H4428} come{H935}{(H8804)} to his servant{H5650}? And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, To buy{H7069}{(H8800)} the threshingfloor{H1637} of thee, to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, that the plague{H4046} may be stayed{H6113}{(H8735)} from the people{H5971}.

22 And Araunah{H728} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, Let my lord{H113} the king{H4428} take{H3947}{(H8799)} and offer up{H5927}{(H8686)} what seemeth good{H2896} unto him{H5869}: behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, here be oxen{H1241} for burnt sacrifice{H5930}, and threshing instruments{H4173} and other instruments{H3627} of the oxen{H1241} for wood{H6086}.

23 All these things did Araunah{H728}, as a king{H4428}, give{H5414}{(H8804)} unto the king{H4428}. And Araunah{H728} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, The LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} accept{H7521}{(H8799)} thee.

24 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Araunah{H728}, Nay; but I will surely{H7069}{(H8800)} buy{H7069}{(H8799)} it of thee at a price{H4242}: neither will I offer{H5927}{(H8686)} burnt offerings{H5930} unto the LORD{H3068} my God{H430} of that which doth cost me nothing{H2600}. So David{H1732} bought{H7069}{(H8799)} the threshingfloor{H1637} and the oxen{H1241} for fifty{H2572} shekels{H8255} of silver{H3701}.

25 And David{H1732} built{H1129}{(H8799)} there an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, and offered{H5927}{(H8686)} burnt offerings{H5930} and peace offerings{H8002}. So the LORD{H3068} was intreated{H6279}{(H8735)} for the land{H776}, and the plague{H4046} was stayed{H6113}{(H8735)} from Israel{H3478}.