2 Samuel 24

1 ♥ 📝 A nd again^H3254 the anger^H639 of Jehovah^H3068 was kindled^H2734 against Israel,^H3478 and he moved^H5496 David^H1732 against them, saying,^H559 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, Go now to and fro through^H7751 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, a hundredfold;^H3967 and may the eyes^H5869 of my lord^H113 the king^H4428 see^H7200 it: but why doth my lord^H113 the king^H4428 delight^H2654 in this thing?^H1697

4 ♥ 📝 Notwithstanding, the king's^H4428 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's^H1732 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, O Jehovah,^H3068 put away,^H5674 I beseech thee, the iniquity^H5771 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's^H1732 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: choose^H977 thee one^H259 of them, that I may do it unto thee.^H6213

13 ♥ 📝 So Gad^H1410 came^H935 to David,^H1732 and told^H5046 him, and said^H559 unto him, Shall seven^H7651 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? or shall there be three^H7969 days'^H3117 pestilence^H1698 in thy land?^H776 now advise^H3045 thee, and consider^H7200 what answer^H1697 I shall return^H7725 to him that sent^H7971 me.

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, Jehovah^H3068 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, I have sinned,^H2398 and I have done perversely;^H5753 but these sheep,^H6629 what have they done?^H6213 let thy hand,^H3027 I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's^H1 house.^H1004

18 ♥ 📝 And Gad^H1410 came^H935 that day^H3117 to David,^H1732 and said^H559 unto him, Go up,^H5927 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, and saw^H7200 the king^H4428 and his servants^H5650 coming on^H5674 toward him: and Araunah^H728 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, to build^H1129 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, O king,^H4428 doth Araunah^H728 give^H5414 unto the king.^H4428 And Araunah^H728 said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 accept^H7521 thee.

24 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto Araunah,^H728 Nay; but I will verily^H7069 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