2Samuel:24

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* And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel , and he incited David against them to say , Go , number Israel and Judah . * For the king said to Joab , the captain of the host , who [was ] with him , Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan unto Beersheba and number the people that I may know the number of the people . * And Joab replied unto the king , Now the LORD thy God add unto the people one hundredfold to however many there are and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it ], but why does my lord the king delight in this thing ? * Notwithstanding , the king 's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the host . And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king , to number the people of Israel . * And passing the Jordan , they pitched in Aroer , on the right side of the city that [lies ] in the midst of the river of Gad , and toward Jazer . * After that they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtimhodshi , and they came to Danjaan and about to Zidon . * Then they came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites , and they went out towards the Negev from Judah , [even ] to Beersheba . * So when they had gone through all the land , they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days . * And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king , and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword , and the men of Judah [were ] five hundred thousand men . * And David 's heart smote him after he had numbered the people . And David said unto the LORD , I have sinned greatly in having done this ; but now , I beseech thee , O LORD , take away the iniquity of thy servant , for I have done very foolishly . * And in the morning when David had risen , the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad , David 's seer , saying , * Go and say unto David , Thus hath the LORD said , I offer thee three [things ]: choose one of them , which I will do unto thee . * So Gad came to David and told him and said unto him , Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land ? Or wilt thou flee three months before thy enemies while they pursue thee ? Or shall there be three days ' pestilence in thy land ? Now advise , and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me . * Then David said unto Gad , I am in a great strait ; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD , for his mercies [are ] great , and let me not fall into the hand of man . * So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the time appointed , and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men . * And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it , the LORD himself repented of that evil and said to the angel that was destroying the people , It is enough ; stay now thy hand . And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingfloor of Araunah , the Jebusite . * And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people and said , I have sinned , I committed the iniquity , but these sheep , what have they done ? Let thy hand , I pray thee , be against me and against my father 's house . * And Gad came that day to David and said unto him , Go up , erect an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah , the Jebusite . * And David went up , according to the word of Gad , as the LORD had commanded [him ]. * And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him , and Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground . * And Araunah said , Why is my lord the king come to his servant ? And David answered , To buy this threshingfloor of thee , to build an altar unto the LORD , that the plague may be stayed from the people . * And Araunah said unto David , Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seems ] good unto him ; behold , [here are ] oxen for burnt sacrifice and threshing instruments and [other ] instruments of the oxen for wood ; * all these [things ] does king Araunah give unto the King . Then Araunah said unto the king , The LORD thy God accept thee . * And the king said unto Araunah , No , but I will surely buy [it ] of thee at a price , for I will not offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which costs me nothing . So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver . * And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace [offerings ]. So the LORD was intreated for the land , and the plague was stayed from Israel .:

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