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1 Chronicles 21:19 (NIV) New International Version

1 Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, "Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are."
3 But Joab replied, "May the LORD multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord's subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?"
4 The king's word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.
5 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king's command was repulsive to him.
7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
8 Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing."
9 The LORD said to Gad, David's seer,
10 "Go and tell David,`This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.'"
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, "This is what the LORD says:`Take your choice:
12 three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD--days of plague in the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.' Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me."
13 David said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men."
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell face down.
17 David said to God, "Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? O LORD my God, let your hand fall upon me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people."
18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
20 While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
21 Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing-floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
22 David said to him, "Let me have the site of your threshing-floor so that I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price."
23 Araunah said to David, "Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing-sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this."
24 But King David replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing."
25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
26 David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
29 The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 And Satan H7854 stood up H5975 against H5921 PREP Israel H3478 , and provoked H5496 David H1732 to number H4487 L-VQFC Israel H3478 LMS .
2 And David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Joab H3097 and to H413 PREP the rulers H8269 CMP of the people H5971 , Go H1980 VQI2MP , number H5608 Israel H3478 from Beer H884 - sheba even to H5704 W-PREP Dan H1835 ; and bring H935 the number H4557 of them to H413 PREP me , that I may know H3045 it .
3 And Joab H3097 answered H559 W-VQY3MS , The LORD H3068 EDS make his people H5971 a hundred H3967 MFS times H6471 so many more H3254 as they H1992 be : but , my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS , are they not H3808 I-NADV all H3605 CMS-3MP my lord H113 \'s servants H5650 ? why H4100 L-IPRO then doth my lord H113 require H1245 this thing H2063 DPRO ? why H4100 L-IPRO will he be H1961 VQY3MS a cause of trespass H819 to Israel H3478 ?
4 Nevertheless the king H4428 D-NMS \'s word H1697 W-CMS prevailed H2388 against H5921 PREP Joab H3097 . Wherefore Joab H3097 departed H3318 W-VQY3MS , and went H1980 W-VTY3MS throughout all H3605 B-CMS Israel H3478 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to Jerusalem H3389 .
5 And Joab H3097 gave H5414 W-VQQ3MS the sum H4557 CMS of the number H4662 of the people H5971 unto H413 PREP David H1732 . And all H3605 they of Israel H3478 were H1961 W-VQY3MS a thousand H505 W-BMS thousand H505 MMP and a hundred H3967 thousand H505 W-BMS men H376 NMS that drew H8025 sword H2719 GFS : and Judah H3063 was four H702 MFS hundred H3967 BFP threescore and ten H7657 W-MMP thousand H505 W-BMS men H376 NMS that drew H8025 sword H2719 GFS .
6 But Levi H3878 and Benjamin H1144 counted H6485 VQQ3MS he not H3808 NADV among H8432 them : for H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s word H1697 CMS was abominable H8581 to Joab H3097 .
7 And God H430 D-EDP was displeased H5869 B-CMP with H5921 PREP this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS ; therefore he smote H5221 W-VHY3MS Israel H3478 LMS .
8 And David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP God H430 D-EDP , I have sinned H2398 greatly H3966 ADV , because H834 RPRO I have done H6213 VQQ1MS this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS : but now H6258 W-ADV , I beseech thee H4994 IJEC , do away H5674 the iniquity H5771 of thy servant H5650 ; for H3588 CONJ I have done very foolishly H5528 .
9 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Gad H1410 , David H1732 \'s seer H2374 , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
10 Go H1980 VQI2MS and tell H1696 David H1732 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , I H589 PPRO-1MS offer H5186 VQPMS thee three H7969 MFS things : choose H977 thee one H259 OFS of them H1992 , that I may do H6213 it unto thee .
11 So Gad H1410 came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP David H1732 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , Choose H6901 thee
12 Either H518 PART three H7969 NFS years H8141 NFP \' famine H7458 NMS ; or H518 PART three H7969 NFS months H2320 to be destroyed H5595 before H6440 M-CMP thy foes H6862 CMP-2MS , while that the sword H2719 of thine enemies H341 overtaketh H5381 thee ; or else H518 PART three H7969 NFS days H3117 NMP the sword H2719 GFS of the LORD H3068 EDS , even the pestilence H1698 , in the land H776 B-NFS , and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 EDS destroying H7843 throughout all H3605 B-CMS the coasts H1366 CMS of Israel H3478 . Now H6258 W-ADV therefore advise H7200 VQI2MS thyself what H4100 IGAT word H1697 I shall bring again H7725 to him that sent H7971 me .
13 And David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Gad H1410 , I am in a great strait H6887 : let me fall H5307 now H4994 IJEC into the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 EDS ; for H3588 CONJ very H3966 ADV great H7227 AMP are his mercies H7356 : but let me not H408 NPAR fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of man H120 NMS .
14 So the LORD H3068 EDS sent H5414 W-VQQ3MS pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 : and there fell H5307 W-VQY3MS of Israel H3478 seventy H7657 ONUM thousand H505 W-BMS men H376 NMS .
15 And God H430 D-EDP sent H7971 W-VQY3MS an angel H4397 NMS unto Jerusalem H3389 to destroy H7843 it : and as he was destroying H7843 , the LORD H3068 EDS beheld H7200 VQQ3MS , and he repented him H5162 W-VNY3MS of H5921 PREP the evil H7451 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS to the angel H4397 that destroyed H7843 , It is enough H7227 AMS , stay H7503 now H6258 ADV thine hand H3027 CFS-2MS . And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 EDS stood H5975 by H5973 PREP the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 .
16 And David H1732 lifted up H5375 W-VQY3MS his eyes H5869 CMD-3MS , and saw H7200 W-VIY3MS the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 EDS stand H5975 between H996 PREP the earth H776 D-GFS and the heaven H8064 D-NMD , having a drawn H8025 sword H2719 in his hand H3027 B-CFS-3MS stretched out H5186 over H5921 PREP Jerusalem H3389 . Then David H1732 and the elders H2205 of Israel , who were clothed H3680 in sackcloth H8242 , fell H5307 W-VQY3MS upon H5921 PREP their faces H6440 .
17 And David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP God H430 D-EDP , Is it not H3808 ADV I H589 PPRO-1MS that commanded H559 W-VQY3MS the people H5971 to be numbered H4487 L-VQFC ? even I H589 PPRO-1MS it H1931 PPRO-3MS is that H834 RPRO have sinned H2398 VQQ1MS and done evil indeed H7489 ; but as for these H428 W-PMP sheep H6629 , what H4100 IPRO have they done H6213 VQQ3MP ? let thine hand H3027 CFS-2MS , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , O LORD H3068 EDS my God H430 , be H1961 VQI3FS on me , and on my father H1 CMS-1MS \'s house H1004 ; but not H3808 NADV on thy people H5971 , that they should be plagued H4046 .
18 Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 EDS commanded H559 VQQ3MS Gad H1410 to say H559 L-VQFC to David H1732 , that H3588 CONJ David H1732 should go up H5927 VQY3MS , and set up H6965 an altar H4196 NMS unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS in the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 .
19 And David H1732 went up H5927 W-VHY3MS at the saying H1697 of Gad H1410 , which H834 RPRO he spoke H1696 VPQ3MS in the name H8034 B-CMS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
20 And Ornan H771 turned back H7725 , and saw H7200 W-VIY3MS the angel H4397 ; and his four H702 sons H1121 CMP-3MS with H5973 PREP-3MS him hid themselves H2244 . Now Ornan H771 was threshing H1758 wheat H2406 .
21 And as David H1732 came H935 W-VQY3MS to H5704 PREP Ornan H771 , Ornan H771 looked H5027 and saw H7200 W-VIY3MS David H1732 , and went out H3318 W-VQY3MS of H4480 PREP the threshingfloor H1637 , and bowed himself H7812 to David H1732 with his face H639 NMD to the ground H776 NFS-3FS .
22 Then David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Ornan H771 , Grant H5414 me the place H4725 CMS of this threshingfloor H1637 , that I may build H1129 an altar H4196 NMS therein unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS : thou shalt grant H5414 it me for the full H4392 price H3701 : that the plague H4046 may be stayed H6113 from M-PREP the people H5971 D-NMS .
23 And Ornan H771 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP David H1732 , Take H3947 VQI2MS it to thee , and let my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS do H6213 that which is good H2896 D-NMS in his eyes H5869 B-CMD-3MS : lo H7200 VQI2MS , I give H5414 VQQ1MS thee the oxen H1241 D-NMS also for burnt offerings H5930 , and the threshing instruments H4173 for wood H6086 , and the wheat H2406 for the meat offering H4503 ; I give H5414 it all H3605 .
24 And king H4428 D-NMS David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS to Ornan H771 , Nay H3808 NADV ; but H3588 CONJ I will verily buy H7069 it for the full H4392 price H3701 : for H3588 CONJ I will not H3808 NADV take H5375 VQY1MS that which H834 RPRO is thine for the LORD H3068 L-EDS , nor offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 NFS without cost H2600 ADV .
25 So David H1732 gave H5414 W-VQQ3MS to Ornan H771 for the place H4725 six H8337 RFS hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of gold H2091 NMS by weight H4948 NMS .
26 And David H1732 built H1129 W-VQY3MS there H8033 ADV an altar H4196 NMS unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS , and offered H5927 W-VHY3MS burnt offerings H5930 CFP and peace offerings H8002 , and called H7121 W-VQY3MS upon H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS ; and he answered H6030 him from H4480 PREP heaven H8064 D-NMD by fire H784 upon H5921 PREP the altar H4196 of burnt offering H5930 .
27 And the LORD H3068 EDS commanded H559 W-VQY3MS the angel H4397 ; and he put up his sword again H7725 W-VHY3MS into H413 PREP the sheath H5084 thereof .
28 At that H1931 time H6256 when David H1732 saw H7200 that H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS had answered H6030 him in the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 D-TMS , then he sacrificed H2076 there H8033 ADV .
29 For the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068 EDS , which H834 RPRO Moses H4872 made H6213 VQQ3MS in the wilderness H4057 , and the altar H4196 of the burnt offering H5930 , were at that H1931 season H6256 in the high place H1116 at Gibeon H1391 .
30 But David H1732 could H3201 not H3808 W-NPAR go H1980 L-VQFC before H6440 L-CMP-3MS it to inquire H1875 L-VQFC of God H430 EDP : for H3588 CONJ he was afraid H1204 because H6440 M-CMP of the sword H2719 GFS of the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .