2Samuel:24

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ylt @2Samuel:24:1 @And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel , and [an adversary ] moveth David about them , saying , 'Go , number Israel and Judah .' ylt @2Samuel:24:2 @And the king saith unto Joab , head of the host that [is ] with him , 'Go to and fro , I pray thee , through all the tribes of Israel , from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba , and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people .' ylt @2Samuel:24:3 @And Joab saith unto the king , 'Yea , Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people , as they are , a hundred times , and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing ; and my lord the king , why is he desirous of this thing ?' ylt @2Samuel:24:4 @And the word of the king is severe towards Joab , and against the heads of the force , and Joab goeth out , and the heads of the force , [from ] before the king to inspect the people , even Israel ; ylt @2Samuel:24:5 @and they pass over the Jordan , and encamp in Aroer , on the right of the city that [is ] in the midst of the brook of Gad , and unto Jazer , ylt @2Samuel:24:6 @and they come in to Gilead , and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi , and they come in to Dan-Jaan , and round about unto Zidon , ylt @2Samuel:24:7 @and they come in to the fortress of Tyre , and all the cities of the Hivite , and of the Canaanite , and go out unto the south of Judah , to Beer-Sheba . ylt @2Samuel:24:8 @And they go to and fro through all the land , and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem , ylt @2Samuel:24:9 @and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king , and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour , drawing sword , and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men . ylt @2Samuel:24:10 @And the heart of David smiteth him , after that he hath numbered the people , and David saith unto Jehovah , 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done , and now , O Jehovah , cause to pass away , I pray Thee , the iniquity of Thy servant , for I have acted very foolishly .' ylt @2Samuel:24:11 @And David riseth in the morning , and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet , seer of David , saying , ylt @2Samuel:24:12 @'Go , and thou hast spoken unto David , Thus said Jehovah : Three -- I am lifting up for thee , choose thee one of them , and I do [it ] to thee .' ylt @2Samuel:24:13 @And Gad cometh in unto David , and declareth to him , and saith to him , 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land ? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee ? or are three days ' pestilence in thy land ? now , know and see what word I take back to Him sending me .' ylt @2Samuel:24:14 @And David saith unto Gad , 'I have great distress , let us fall , I pray thee , into the hand of Jehovah , for many [are ] His mercies , and into the hand of man let me not fall .' ylt @2Samuel:24:15 @And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed , and there die of the people , from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba , seventy thousand men , ylt @2Samuel:24:16 @and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it , and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil , and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people , 'Enough , now , cease thy hand ;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite . ylt @2Samuel:24:17 @And David speaketh unto Jehovah , when he seeth the messenger who is smiting among the people , and saith , 'Lo , I have sinned , yea , I have done perversely ; and these -- the flock -- what have they done ? Let , I pray Thee , Thy hand be on me , and on the house of my father .' ylt @2Samuel:24:18 @And Gad cometh in unto David on that day , and saith to him , 'Go up , raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite ;' ylt @2Samuel:24:19 @and David goeth up , according to the word of Gad , as Jehovah commanded . ylt @2Samuel:24:20 @And Araunah looketh , and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him , and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king -- his face to the earth . ylt @2Samuel:24:21 @And Araunah saith , 'Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant ?' and David saith , 'To buy from thee the threshing-floor , to build an altar to Jehovah , and the plague is restrained from the people .' ylt @2Samuel:24:22 @And Araunah saith unto David , 'Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes ; see , the oxen for a burnt-offering , and the threshing instruments , and the instruments of the oxen , for wood ;' ylt @2Samuel:24:23 @the whole hath Araunah given , [as ] a king to a king ; and Araunah saith unto the king , 'Jehovah thy God doth accept thee .' ylt @2Samuel:24:24 @And the king saith unto Araunah , 'Nay , for I do surely buy from thee for a price , and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought ;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver , ylt @2Samuel:24:25 @and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah , and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings , and Jehovah is entreated for the land , and the plague is restrained from Israel .

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