<vn='1'>And <sn="3254">again</s> the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and he <sn="5496">moved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> against them to <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="4487">number</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>For the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="2428">host</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was <sn="854">with</s> him, <sn="7751">Go</s><sn="4994">now</s> through <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba, and <sn="6485">number</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, that I may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4557">number</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Now the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="3254">add</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, how many soever they <sn="1992 1992">be</s> a <sn="3967 6471">hundredfold</s>, and that the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> may <sn="7200">see</s> it: but <sn="4100">why</s> doth my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2654">delight</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Notwithstanding the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">word</s><sn="2388">prevailed</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">host</s>. And <sn="3097">Joab</s> and the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">host</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> from the <sn="6440">presence</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, to <sn="6485">number</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And they passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="6177">Aroer</s>, on the right <sn="3225">side</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">that</s> lieth in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="5158">river</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, and <sn="413">toward</s><sn="3270">Jazer</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>Then they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="8483">Tahtim</s> -hodshi; and they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1842">Dan</s> -jaan, and <sn="5439">about</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6721">Zidon</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="935">came</s> to the <sn="4013">stronghold</s> of <sn="6865">Tyre</s>, and to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="2340">Hivites</s>, and of the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>: and they went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, even to <sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba. </v>
<vn='8'>So when they had <sn="7751">gone</s> through <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> at the <sn="4480 7097">end</s> of <sn="8672">nine</s><sn="2320">months</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s> gave <sn="5414">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4557">sum</s> of the <sn="4662">number</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: and there <sn="1961">were</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8083">eight</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="2428">valiant</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> were <sn="2568">five</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him <sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">that</s> he had <sn="5608">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s><sn="3966">greatly</s> in <sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s>: and <sn="6258">now</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, take <sn="5674">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I have done <sn="3966">very</s><sn="5528">foolishly</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>For when <sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="6965">up</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1410">Gad</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="2374">seer</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="1696">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="5190 5921">offer</s> thee <sn="7969">three</s> things; <sn="977">choose</s> thee <sn="259">one</s><sn="4480">of</s> them, that I may <sn="6213">do</s> it unto thee. </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Shall <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> of <sn="7458">famine</s><sn="935">come</s> unto thee in thy <sn="776">land</s>? <sn="518">or</s> wilt thou <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s><sn="6440">before</s> thine <sn="6862">enemies</s>, while <sn="1931">they</s><sn="7291">pursue</s> thee? <sn="518">or</s> that there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> ' <sn="1698">pestilence</s> in thy <sn="776">land</s>? <sn="6258">now</s><sn="3045">advise</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="4100">what</s><sn="1697">answer</s> I shall <sn="7725">return</s> to him that <sn="7971">sent</s> me. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1410">Gad</s>, I am in a <sn="3966">great</s><sn="6862">strait</s>: let us <sn="5307">fall</s><sn="4994">now</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="7356">mercies</s> are <sn="7227">great</s>: and let me <sn="408">not</s><sn="5307">fall</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>So the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">sent</s> a <sn="1698">pestilence</s> upon <sn="3478">Israel</s> from the <sn="1242">morning</s> even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="6256">time</s><sn="4150">appointed</s>: and there <sn="4191">died</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And when the <sn="4397">angel</s> stretched <sn="7971">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> upon <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> it, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> repented <sn="5162">him</s><sn="413">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="7843">destroyed</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, It is <sn="7227">enough</s>: <sn="7503">stay</s><sn="6258">now</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">by</s> the <sn="1637">threshingplace</s> of <sn="728">Araunah</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusite</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> when he <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="5221">smote</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Lo</s>, <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> have done <sn="5753">wickedly</s>: but <sn="428">these</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> have they <sn="6213">done</s>? let thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="1961">be</s> against me, and against my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Go <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="6965">rear</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s> of <sn="728">Araunah</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusite</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="1732">David</s>, according to the <sn="1697">saying</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="728">Araunah</s><sn="8259">looked</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and his <sn="5650">servants</s> coming <sn="5674">on</s><sn="5921">toward</s> him: and <sn="728">Araunah</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">himself</s> before the <sn="4428">king</s> on his <sn="639">face</s> upon the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="728">Araunah</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4069">Wherefore</s> is my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s>? And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, To <sn="7069">buy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s><sn="4480 5973">of</s> thee, to <sn="1129">build</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that the <sn="4046">plague</s> may be <sn="6113">stayed</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="728">Araunah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, Let my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3947">take</s> and offer <sn="5927">up</s> what seemeth <sn="2896">good</s> unto <sn="5869">him</s>: <sn="7200">behold</s>, here be <sn="1241">oxen</s> for burnt <sn="5930">sacrifice</s>, and threshing <sn="4173">instruments</s> and other <sn="3627">instruments</s> of the <sn="1241">oxen</s> for <sn="6086">wood</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3605">All</s> these things did <sn="728">Araunah</s>, as a <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="5414">give</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. And <sn="728">Araunah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="7521">accept</s> thee. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="728">Araunah</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> I will surely <sn="7069 7069">buy</s> it <sn="4480 854">of</s> thee at a <sn="4242">price</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s> of that <sn="834">which</s> doth cost me <sn="2600">nothing</s>. So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7069">bought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s> and the <sn="1241">oxen</s> for <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="8255">shekels</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="8033">there</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>. So the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="6279">entreated</s> for the <sn="776">land</s>, and the <sn="4046">plague</s> was <sn="6113">stayed</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>