1 And again 3254 the anger 639 of the LORD 3068 was kindled 2734 against Israel 3478, and he moved 5496 David 1732 against them to say 559, Go 3212, number 4487 Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.
2 For the king 4428 said 559 to Joab 3097 the captain 8269 of the host 2428, which was with him, Go now through 7751 all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884, and number 6485 ye the people 5971, that I may know 3045 the number 4557 of the people 5971.
3 And Joab 3097 said 559 unto the king 4428, Now the LORD 3068 thy God 430 add 3254 unto the people 5971, how many soever 1992 they be, an hundredfold 3967 6471, and that the eyes 5869 of my lord 113 the king 4428 may see 7200 it: but why doth my lord 113 the king 4428 delight 2654 in this thing 1697?
4 Notwithstanding the king's 4428 word 1697 prevailed 2388 against Joab 3097, and against the captains 8269 of the host 2428. And Joab 3097 and the captains 8269 of the host 2428 went out 3318 from the presence 6440 of the king 4428, to number 6485 the people 5971 of Israel 3478.
5 And they passed over 5674 Jordan 3383, and pitched 2583 in Aroer 6177, on the right side 3225 of the city 5892 that lieth in the midst 8432 of the river 5158 of Gad 1410, and toward Jazer 3270:
6 Then they came 935 to Gilead 1568, and to the land 776 of Tahtimhodshi 8483; and they came 935 to Danjaan 1842, and about 5439 to Zidon 6721,
7 And came 935 to the strong hold 4013 of Tyre 6865, and to all the cities 5892 of the Hivites 2340, and of the Canaanites 3669: and they went out 3318 to the south 5045 of Judah 3063, even to Beersheba 884.
8 So when they had gone 7751 through all the land 776, they came 935 to Jerusalem 3389 at the end 7097 of nine 8672 months 2320 and twenty 6242 days 3117.
9 And Joab 3097 gave up 5414 the sum 4557 of the number 4662 of the people 5971 unto the king 4428: and there were in Israel 3478 eight 8083 hundred 3967 thousand 505 valiant 2428 men 376 381 that drew 8025 the sword 2719; and the men 376 of Judah 3063 were five 2568 hundred 3967 thousand 505 men 376.
10 And David's 1732 heart 3820 smote 5221 him after 310 that he had numbered 5608 the people 5971. And David 1732 said 559 unto the LORD 3068, I have sinned 2398 greatly 3966 in that I have done 6213: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD 3068, take away 5674 the iniquity 5771 of thy servant 5650; for I have done very 3966 foolishly 5528.
11 For when David 1732 was up 6965 in the morning 1242, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came unto the prophet 5030 Gad 1410, David's 1732 seer 2374, saying 559,
12 Go 1980 and say 559 unto David 1732, Thus saith 1696 the LORD 3068, I offer 5190 thee three 7969 things; choose 977 thee one 259 of them, that I may do it unto thee 6213.
13 So Gad 1410 came 935 to David 1732, and told 5046 him, and said 559 unto him, Shall seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 come 935 unto thee in thy land 776? or wilt thou flee 5127 three 7969 months 2320 before 6440 thine enemies 6862, while they pursue 7291 thee? or that there be three 7969 days 3117' pestilence 1698 in thy land 776? now advise 3045, and see 7200 what answer 1697 I shall return 7725 to him that sent 7971 me.
14 And David 1732 said 559 unto Gad 1410, I am in a great 3966 strait 6887: let us fall 5307 now into the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068; for his mercies 7356 are great 7227: and let me not fall 5307 into the hand 3027 of man 120.
15 So the LORD 3068 sent 5414 a pestilence 1698 upon Israel 3478 from the morning 1242 even to the time 6256 appointed 4150: and there died 4191 of the people 5971 from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884 seventy 7657 thousand 505 men 376.
16 And when the angel 4397 stretched out 7971 his hand 3027 upon Jerusalem 3389 to destroy 7843 it, the LORD 3068 repented 5162 him of the evil 7451, and said 559 to the angel 4397 that destroyed 7843 the people 5971, It is enough 7227: stay 7503 now thine hand 3027. And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 was by the threshingplace 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.
17 And David 1732 spake 559 unto the LORD 3068 when he saw 7200 the angel 4397 that smote 5221 the people 5971, and said 559, Lo, I have sinned 2398, and I have done wickedly 5753: but these sheep 6629, what have they done 6213? let thine hand 3027, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's 1 house 1004.
18 And Gad 1410 came 935 that day 3117 to David 1732, and said 559 unto him, Go up 5927, rear 6965 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068 in the threshingfloor 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.
19 And David 1732, according to the saying 1697 of Gad 1410, went up 5927 as the LORD 3068 commanded 6680.
20 And Araunah 728 looked 8259, and saw 7200 the king 4428 and his servants 5650 coming on 5674 toward him: and Araunah 728 went out 3318, and bowed 7812 himself before the king 4428 on his face 639 upon the ground 776.
21 And Araunah 728 said 559, Wherefore is my lord 113 the king 4428 come 935 to his servant 5650? And David 1732 said 559, To buy 7069 the threshingfloor 1637 of thee, to build 1129 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068, that the plague 4046 may be stayed 6113 from the people 5971.
22 And Araunah 728 said 559 unto David 1732, Let my lord 113 the king 4428 take 3947 and offer up 5927 what seemeth good 2896 unto him 5869: behold 7200, here be oxen 1241 for burnt sacrifice 5930, and threshing instruments 4173 and other instruments 3627 of the oxen 1241 for wood 6086.
23 All these things did Araunah 728, as a king 4428, give 5414 unto the king 4428. And Araunah 728 said 559 unto the king 4428, The LORD 3068 thy God 430 accept 7521 thee.
24 And the king 4428 said 559 unto Araunah 728, Nay; but I will surely 7069 buy 7069 it of thee at a price 4242: neither will I offer 5927 burnt offerings 5930 unto the LORD 3068 my God 430 of that which doth cost me nothing 2600. So David 1732 bought 7069 the threshingfloor 1637 and the oxen 1241 for fifty 2572 shekels 8255 of silver 3701.
25 And David 1732 built 1129 there an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068, and offered 5927 burnt offerings 5930 and peace offerings 8002. So the LORD 3068 was intreated 6279 for the land 776, and the plague 4046 was stayed 6113 from Israel 3478.