<vn='1'>And <sn="7854">Satan</s> stood <sn="5975">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5496">provoked</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> to <sn="4487">number</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s> and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="5608">number</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> from <sn="4480 884">Beer</s> -sheba even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="1835">Dan</s>; and <sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4557">number</s> of them <sn="413">to</s> me, that I may <sn="3045">know</s> it. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="559">answered</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> make his <sn="5971">people</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="6471">times</s> so many <sn="3254">more</s> as <sn="1992">they</s> be: but, my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, are they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>? <sn="4100">why</s> then doth my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="1245">require</s> this <sn="2063">thing</s>? <sn="4100">why</s> will he <sn="1961">be</s> a cause of <sn="819">trespass</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Nevertheless the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">word</s><sn="2388">prevailed</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>. Wherefore <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="3318">departed</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="5414">gave</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><sn="1732">David</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> they of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1961">were</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>: and <sn="3063">Judah</s> was <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But <sn="3878">Levi</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="6485">counted</s> he <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8432">among</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">word</s> was <sn="8581">abominable</s> to <sn="*853"></s><sn="3097">Joab</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="3415 5869">displeased</s><sn="5921">with</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>; therefore he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="430">God</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s><sn="3966">greatly</s>, <sn="834">because</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>: but <sn="6258">now</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, do <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 very <sn="5528 3966">foolishly</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1410">Gad</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="2374">seer</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="1696 413">tell</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="5186 5921">offer</s> thee <sn="7969">three</s> things: <sn="977">choose</s> thee <sn="259">one</s> of <sn="4480 1992">them</s>, that I may <sn="6213">do</s> it unto thee. </v>
<vn='11'>So <sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6901">Choose</s> thee </v>
<vn='12'><sn="518">Either</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s> ' <sn="7458">famine</s>; <sn="518">or</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s> to be <sn="5595">destroyed</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> thy <sn="6862">foes</s>, while that the <sn="2719">sword</s> of thine <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="5381">overtaketh</s> thee; or <sn="518">else</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s>, and the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7843">destroying</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. <sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="7200">advise</s> thyself <sn="4100">what</s><sn="1697">word</s> I shall bring <sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> to him that <sn="7971">sent</s> me. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1410">Gad</s>, I am in a great <sn="6887 3966">strait</s>: let me <sn="5307">fall</s><sn="4994">now</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3966">very</s><sn="7227">great</s> are his <sn="7356">mercies</s>: but let me <sn="408">not</s><sn="5307">fall</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">sent</s><sn="1698">pestilence</s> upon <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and there <sn="5307">fell</s> of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s><sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="7971">sent</s> an <sn="4397">angel</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> it: and as he was <sn="7843">destroying</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">beheld</s>, and he repented <sn="5162">him</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="7843">destroyed</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="5975">stood</s><sn="5973">by</s> the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s> of <sn="771">Ornan</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusite</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="1732">David</s> lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5975">stand</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> and the <sn="8064">heaven</s>, having a <sn="8025">drawn</s><sn="2719">sword</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s> stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. Then <sn="1732">David</s> and the <sn="2205">elders</s> of Israel, who were <sn="3680">clothed</s> in <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="6440">faces</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="430">God</s>, Is it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="589">I</s> that <sn="559">commanded</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> to be <sn="4487">numbered</s>? even <sn="589">I</s><sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="834">that</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s> and done evil <sn="7489 7489">indeed</s>; but as for <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>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1961">be</s> on me, and on my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; but <sn="3808">not</s> on thy <sn="5971">people</s>, that they should be <sn="4046">plagued</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559 413">commanded</s><sn="1410">Gad</s> to <sn="559">say</s> to <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> should go <sn="5927">up</s>, and set <sn="6965">up</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s> of <sn="771">Ornan</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusite</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> at the <sn="1697">saying</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="771">Ornan</s> turned <sn="7725">back</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">angel</s>; and his <sn="702">four</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5973">with</s> him hid <sn="2244">themselves</s>. Now <sn="771">Ornan</s> was <sn="1758">threshing</s><sn="2406">wheat</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And as <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="771">Ornan</s>, <sn="771">Ornan</s><sn="5027">looked</s> and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">himself</s> to <sn="1732">David</s> with his <sn="639">face</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="771">Ornan</s>, <sn="5414">Grant</s> me the <sn="4725">place</s> of this <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s>, that I may <sn="1129">build</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> therein unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: thou shalt <sn="5414">grant</s> it me for the <sn="4392">full</s><sn="3701">price</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='23'>And <sn="771">Ornan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> it to thee, and let my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="2896">good</s> in his <sn="5869">eyes</s>: <sn="7200">lo</s>, I <sn="5414">give</s> thee the <sn="1241">oxen</s> also for burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, and the threshing <sn="4173">instruments</s> for <sn="6086">wood</s>, and the <sn="2406">wheat</s> for the meat <sn="4503">offering</s>; I <sn="5414">give</s> it <sn="3605">all</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="771">Ornan</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> I will verily <sn="7069 7069">buy</s> it for the <sn="4392">full</s><sn="3701">price</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5375">take</s> that <sn="834">which</s> is thine for the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, nor <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> without <sn="2600">cost</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5414">gave</s> to <sn="771">Ornan</s> for the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="8255">shekels</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> by <sn="4948">weight</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>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>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and he <sn="6030">answered</s> him <sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s> by <sn="784">fire</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">commanded</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s>; and he put up his sword <sn="7725 2719">again</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5084">sheath</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='28'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6030">answered</s> him in the <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s> of <sn="771">Ornan</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusite</s>, then he <sn="2076">sacrificed</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>For the <sn="4908">tabernacle</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="6213">made</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, were at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">season</s> in the high <sn="1116">place</s> at <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>But <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">go</s><sn="6440">before</s> it to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he was <sn="1204">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>