ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 24
1. And again[H3254] the anger[H639] of Jehovah[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Israel[H3478], and he moved[H5496] David[H1732] against them[H559], saying, Go[H3212], number[H4487] Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063].
2. And the king[H4428] said[H559] to Joab[H3097] the captain[H8269] of the host[H2428], who was with him[H7751], Go now to and fro through all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], from Dan[H1835] even to Beer-sheba[H884], and number[H6485] ye the people[H5971], that I may know[H3045] the sum[H4557] of the people[H5971].
3. And Joab[H3097] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Now Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] add[H3254] unto the people[H5971], how many soever[H1992] they may be[H3967], a hundredfold; and may the eyes[H5869] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428] see[H7200] it[H113]: but why doth my lord the king[H4428] delight[H2654] in this thing[H1697]?
4. Notwithstanding[H4428], the king's word[H1697] prevailed[H2388] 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] from the presence[H6440] of the king[H4428], to number[H6485] the people[H5971] of Israel[H3478].
5. And they passed over[H5674] the Jordan[H3383], and encamped[H2583] in Aroer[H6177], on the right side[H3225] of the city[H5892] that is in the middle[H8432] of the valley[H5158] of Gad[H1410], and unto Jazer[H3270]:
6. then they came[H935] to Gilead[H1568], and to the land[H776] of Tahtim-hodshi[H8483]; and they came[H935] to Dan-jaan[H1842], and round about[H5439] to Sidon[H6721],
7. and came[H935] to the stronghold[H4013] of Tyre[H6865], and to all the cities[H5892] of the Hivites[H2340], and of the Canaanites[H3669]; and they went out[H3318] to the south[H5045] of Judah[H3063], at Beer-sheba[H884].
8. So when they had gone[H7751] to and from through all the land[H776], they came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] at the end[H7097] of nine[H8672] months[H2320] and twenty[H6242] days[H3117].
9. And Joab[H3097] gave up[H5414] the sum[H4557] of the numbering[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] that drew[H8025] the sword[H2719]; and the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] were five[H2568] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] men[H376].
10. And David[H1732]'s heart[H3820] smote[H5221] him after[H310] that he had numbered[H5608] the people[H5971]. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Jehovah[H3068], I have sinned[H2398] greatly[H3966] in that which I have done[H6213]: but now[H3068], O Jehovah, put away[H5674], I beseech thee[H5771], the iniquity of thy servant[H5650]; for I have done very[H3966] foolishly[H5528].
11. And when David[H1732] rose up[H6965] in the morning[H1242], the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto the prophet[H5030] Gad[H1410], David[H1732]'s seer[H2374], saying[H559],
12. Go[H1980] and speak[H559] unto David[H1732], Thus saith[H1696] Jehovah[H3068], I offer[H5190] thee three[H7969] things[H977]: choose thee one[H259] of them[H6213], that I may do it unto thee.
13. So Gad[H1410] came[H935] to David[H1732], and told[H5046] him[H559], and said unto him[H7651], Shall seven years[H8141] of famine[H7458] come[H935] unto thee in thy land[H776]? or wilt thou flee[H5127] three[H7969] months[H2320] before[H6440] thy foes[H6862] while they pursue[H7291] thee[H7969]? or shall there be three days[H3117]' pestilence[H1698] in thy land[H776]? now advise[H3045] thee[H7200], and consider what answer[H1697] I shall return[H7725] to him that sent me[H7971].
14. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Gad[H1410], I am in a great[H3966] strait[H6887]: let us fall[H5307] now into the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068]; for his mercies[H7356] are great[H7227]; and let me not fall[H5307] into the hand[H3027] of man[H120].
15. So Jehovah[H3068] sent[H5414] a pestilence[H1698] upon Israel[H3478] from the morning[H1242] even to the time[H6256] appointed[H4150]; and there died[H4191] of the people[H5971] from Dan[H1835] even to Beer-sheba[H884] seventy[H7657] thousand[H505] men[H376].
16. And when the angel[H4397] stretched out[H7971] his hand[H3027] toward Jerusalem[H3389] to destroy[H7843] it[H3068], Jehovah repented[H5162] him of the evil[H7451], and said[H559] to the angel[H4397] that destroyed[H7843] the people[H5971], It is enough[H7227]; now stay[H7503] thy hand[H3027]. And the angel[H4397] of Jehovah[H3068] was by the threshing-floor[H1637] of Araunah[H728] the Jebusite[H2983].
17. And David[H1732] spake[H559] unto Jehovah[H3068] when he saw[H7200] the angel[H4397] that smote[H5221] the people[H5971], and said[H559], Lo[H2398], I have sinned, and I have done perversely[H5753]; but these sheep[H6629], what have they done[H6213]? let thy hand[H3027], I pray thee[H1], be against me, and against my father's house[H1004].
18. And Gad[H1410] came[H935] that day[H3117] to David[H1732], and said[H559] unto him[H5927], Go up, rear[H6965] an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068] in the threshing-floor[H1637] of Araunah[H728] the Jebusite[H2983].
19. And David[H1732] went up[H5927] according to the saying[H1697] of Gad[H1410], as Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680].
20. And Araunah[H728] looked[H8259] forth[H7200], and saw the king[H4428] and his servants[H5650] coming on[H5674] toward him[H728]: and Araunah went out[H3318], and bowed[H7812] himself before the king[H4428] with his face[H639] to the ground[H776].
21. And Araunah[H728] said[H559], Wherefore is my lord[H113] the king[H4428] come[H935] to his servant[H5650]? And David[H1732] said[H559], To buy[H7069] the threshing-floor[H1637] of thee[H1129], to build an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068], that the plague[H4046] may be stayed[H6113] from the people[H5971].
22. And Araunah[H728] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Let my lord[H113] the king[H4428] take[H3947] and offer up[H5927] what seemeth good[H2896] unto him[H5869]: behold[H7200], the oxen[H1241] for the burnt-offering[H5930], and the threshing instruments[H4173] and the yokes[H3627] of the oxen[H1241] for the wood[H6086]:
23. all this[H4428], O king, doth Araunah[H728] give[H5414] unto the king[H4428]. And Araunah[H728] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] accept thee[H7521].
24. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto Araunah[H728], Nay[H7069]; but I will verily buy[H7069] it of thee at a price[H4242]. Neither will I offer[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430] which cost me nothing[H2600]. So David[H1732] bought[H7069] the threshing-floor[H1637] and the oxen[H1241] for fifty[H2572] shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701].
25. And David[H1732] built[H1129] there an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068], and offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] and peace-offerings[H5930]. So Jehovah[H3068] was entreated[H6279] for the land[H776], and the plague[H4046] was stayed[H6113] from Israel[H3478].
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