1 Chronicles 21

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Satan^H7854 stood up^H5975 against Israel,^H3478 and moved^H5496 David^H1732 to number^H4487 Israel.^H3478

2 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 to Joab^H3097 and to the princes^H8269 of the people,^H5971 Go,^H3212 number^H5608 Israel^H3478 from Beer-sheba^H884 even to Dan;^H1835 and bring^H935 me word, that I may know^H3045 the sum^H4557 of them.

3 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 said,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 make his people^H5971 a hundred^H3967 times^H6471 as many as they^H1992 are: but, my lord^H113 the king,^H4428 are they^H1992 not all my lord's^H113 servants?^H5650 why doth my lord^H113 require^H1245 this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt^H819 unto Israel?^H3478

4 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless the king's^H4428 word^H1697 prevailed^H2388 against Joab.^H3097 Wherefore Joab^H3097 departed,^H3318 and went^H1980 throughout all Israel,^H3478 and came^H935 to Jerusalem.^H3389

5 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 gave^H5414 up the sum^H4557 of the numbering^H4662 of the people^H5971 unto David.^H1732 And all they of Israel^H3478 were a thousand^H505 thousand^H505 and a hundred^H3967 thousand^H505 men^H376 that drew^H8025 sword:^H2719 and Judah^H3063 was four^H702 hundred^H3967 threescore and ten^H7657 thousand^H505 men^H376 that drew^H8025 sword.^H2719

6 ♥ 📝 But Levi^H3878 and Benjamin^H1144 counted^H6485 he not among^H8432 them; for the king's^H4428 word^H1697 was abominable^H8581 to Joab.^H3097

7 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 was displeased^H3415 with this thing;^H1697 therefore he smote^H5221 Israel.^H3478

8 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto God,^H430 I have sinned^H2398 greatly,^H3966 in that I have done^H6213 this thing:^H1697 but now, put away,^H5674 I beseech thee, the iniquity^H5771 of thy servant;^H5650 for I have done very^H3966 foolishly.^H5528

9 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 unto Gad,^H1410 David's^H1732 seer,^H2374 saying,^H559

10 ♥ 📝 Go^H3212 and speak^H1696 unto David,^H1732 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 I offer^H5186 thee three^H7969 things: choose^H977 thee one^H259 of them,^H2007 that I may do^H6213 it unto thee.

11 ♥ 📝 So Gad^H1410 came^H935 to David,^H1732 and said^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Take which^H6901 thou wilt:

12 ♥ 📝 either three^H7969 years^H8141 of famine;^H7458 or three^H7969 months^H2320 to be consumed^H5595 before^H6440 thy foes,^H6862 while the sword^H2719 of thine enemies^H341 overtaketh^H5381 thee; or^H518 else three^H7969 days^H3117 the sword^H2719 of Jehovah,^H3068 even pestilence^H1698 in the land,^H776 and the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 destroying^H7843 throughout all the borders^H1366 of Israel.^H3478 Now therefore consider^H7200 what answer^H1697 I shall return^H7725 to him that sent^H7971 me.

13 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Gad,^H1410 I am in a great^H3966 strait:^H6887 let me fall,^H5307 I pray, into the hand^H3027 of Jehovah;^H3068 for very^H3966 great^H7227 are his mercies:^H7356 and let me not fall^H5307 into the hand^H3027 of man.^H120

14 ♥ 📝 So Jehovah^H3068 sent^H5414 a pestilence^H1698 upon Israel;^H3478 and there fell^H5307 of Israel^H3478 seventy^H7657 thousand^H505 men.^H376

15 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 sent^H7971 an angel^H4397 unto Jerusalem^H3389 to destroy^H7843 it: and as he was about to destroy,^H7843 Jehovah^H3068 beheld,^H7200 and he repented^H5162 him of the evil,^H7451 and said^H559 to the destroying^H7843 angel,^H4397 It is enough;^H7227 now stay^H7503 thy hand.^H3027 And the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 was standing^H5975 by the threshing-floor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite.^H2983

16 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 lifted up^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and saw^H7200 the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 standing^H5975 between earth^H776 and heaven,^H8064 having a drawn^H8025 sword^H2719 in his hand^H3027 stretched out^H5186 over Jerusalem.^H3389 Then David^H1732 and the elders,^H2205 clothed^H3680 in sackcloth,^H8242 fell^H5307 upon their faces.^H6440

17 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto God,^H430 Is it not I that commanded^H559 the people^H5971 to be numbered?^H4487 even I it is that have sinned^H2398 and done very^H7489 wickedly;^H7489 but these sheep,^H6629 what have they done?^H6213 let thy hand,^H3027 I pray thee, O Jehovah^H3068 my God,^H430 be against me, and against my father's^H1 house;^H1004 but not against thy people,^H5971 that they should be plagued.^H4046

18 ♥ 📝 Then the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 commanded^H559 Gad^H1410 to say^H559 to David,^H1732 that David^H1732 should go up,^H5927 and rear^H6965 an altar^H4196 unto Jehovah^H3068 in the threshing-floor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite.^H2983

19 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 went up^H5927 at the saying^H1697 of Gad,^H1410 which he spake^H1696 in the name^H8034 of Jehovah.^H3068

20 ♥ 📝 And Ornan^H771 turned back,^H7725 and saw^H7200 the angel;^H4397 and his four^H702 sons^H1121 that were with him hid^H2244 themselves. Now Ornan^H771 was threshing^H1758 wheat.^H2406

21 ♥ 📝 And as David^H1732 came^H935 to Ornan,^H771 Ornan^H771 looked^H5027 and saw^H7200 David,^H1732 and went out^H3318 of the threshing-floor,^H1637 and bowed^H7812 himself to David^H1732 with his face^H639 to the ground.^H776

22 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 said^H559 to Ornan,^H771 Give^H5414 me the place^H4725 of this threshing-floor,^H1637 that I may build^H1129 thereon an altar^H4196 unto Jehovah:^H3068 for the full^H4392 price^H3701 shalt thou give^H5414 it me, that the plague^H4046 may be stayed^H6113 from the people.^H5971

23 ♥ 📝 And Ornan^H771 said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Take^H3947 it to thee, and let my lord^H113 the king^H4428 do^H6213 that which is good^H2896 in his eyes:^H5869 lo,^H7200 I give^H5414 [thee] the oxen^H1241 for burnt-offerings,^H5930 and the threshing instruments^H4173 for wood,^H6086 and the wheat^H2406 for the meal-offering;^H4503 I give^H5414 it all.

24 ♥ 📝 And king^H4428 David^H1732 said^H559 to Ornan,^H771 Nay; but I will verily^H7069 buy^H7069 it for the full^H4392 price:^H3701 for I will not take^H5375 that which is thine for Jehovah,^H3068 nor offer^H5927 a burnt-offering^H5930 without cost.^H2600

25 ♥ 📝 So David^H1732 gave^H5414 to Ornan^H771 for the place^H4725 six^H8337 hundred^H3967 shekels^H8255 of gold^H2091 by weight.^H4948

26 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 built^H1129 there an altar^H4196 unto Jehovah,^H3068 and offered^H5927 burnt-offerings^H5930 and peace-offerings,^H5930 and called^H7121 upon Jehovah;^H3068 and he answered^H6030 him from heaven^H8064 by fire^H784 upon the altar^H4196 of burnt-offering.^H5930

27 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 commanded^H559 the angel;^H4397 and he put up^H7725 his sword^H2719 again^H7725 into the sheath^H5084 thereof.

28 ♥ 📝 At that time,^H6256 when David^H1732 saw^H7200 that Jehovah^H3068 had answered^H6030 him in the threshing-floor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite,^H2983 then he sacrificed^H2076 there.

29 ♥ 📝 For the tabernacle^H4908 of Jehovah,^H3068 which Moses^H4872 made^H6213 in the wilderness,^H4057 and the altar^H4196 of burnt-offering,^H5930 were at that time^H6256 in the high place^H1116 at Gibeon.^H1391

30 ♥ 📝 But David^H1732 could^H3201 not go^H3212 before^H6440 it to inquire^H1875 of God;^H430 for he was afraid^H1204 because^H6440 of the sword^H2719 of the angel^H4397 of Jehovah.^H3068