And again{H3254} the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he moved{H5496} David{H1732} against them, saying,{H559} Go,{H3212} number{H4487} Israel{H3478} and Judah.{H3063}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} to Joab{H3097} the captain{H8269} of the host,{H2428} who was with him, Go now to and fro through{H7751} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba,{H884} and number{H6485} ye the people,{H5971} that I may know{H3045} the sum{H4557} of the people.{H5971}

And Joab{H3097} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Now Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} add{H3254} unto the people,{H5971} how many soever{H1992} they may be, a hundredfold;{H3967} and may the eyes{H5869} of my lord{H113} the king{H4428} see{H7200} it: but why doth my lord{H113} the king{H4428} delight{H2654} in this thing?{H1697}

Notwithstanding, the king's{H4428} word{H1697} prevailed{H2388} against Joab,{H3097} and against the captains{H8269} of the host.{H2428} And Joab{H3097} and the captains{H8269} of the host{H2428} went out{H3318} from the presence{H6440} of the king,{H4428} to number{H6485} the people{H5971} of Israel.{H3478}

And they passed over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} and encamped{H2583} in Aroer,{H6177} on the right side{H3225} of the city{H5892} that is in the middle{H8432} of the valley{H5158} of Gad,{H1410} and unto Jazer:{H3270}

then they came{H935} to Gilead,{H1568} and to the land{H776} of Tahtim-hodshi;{H8483} and they came{H935} to Dan-jaan,{H1842} and round about{H5439} to Sidon,{H6721}

and came{H935} to the stronghold{H4013} of Tyre,{H6865} and to all the cities{H5892} of the Hivites,{H2340} and of the Canaanites;{H3669} and they went out{H3318} to the south{H5045} of Judah,{H3063} at Beer-sheba.{H884}

So when they had gone{H7751} to and from through all the land,{H776} they came{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} at the end{H7097} of nine{H8672} months{H2320} and twenty{H6242} days.{H3117}

And Joab{H3097} gave up{H5414} the sum{H4557} of the numbering{H4662} of the people{H5971} unto the king:{H4428} and there were in Israel{H3478} eight{H8083} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} valiant{H2428} men{H376} that drew{H8025} the sword;{H2719} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} were five{H2568} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And David's{H1732} heart{H3820} smote{H5221} him after{H310} that he had numbered{H5608} the people.{H5971} And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Jehovah,{H3068} I have sinned{H2398} greatly{H3966} in that which I have done:{H6213} but now, O Jehovah,{H3068} put away,{H5674} I beseech thee, the iniquity{H5771} of thy servant;{H5650} for I have done very{H3966} foolishly.{H5528}

And when David{H1732} rose up{H6965} in the morning,{H1242} the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto the prophet{H5030} Gad,{H1410} David's{H1732} seer,{H2374} saying,{H559}

Go{H1980} and speak{H559} unto David,{H1732} Thus saith{H1696} Jehovah,{H3068} I offer{H5190} thee three{H7969} things: choose{H977} thee one{H259} of them, that I may do it unto thee.{H6213}

So Gad{H1410} came{H935} to David,{H1732} and told{H5046} him, and said{H559} unto him, Shall seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458} come{H935} unto thee in thy land?{H776} or wilt thou flee{H5127} three{H7969} months{H2320} before{H6440} thy foes{H6862} while they pursue{H7291} thee? or shall there be three{H7969} days'{H3117} pestilence{H1698} in thy land?{H776} now advise{H3045} thee, and consider{H7200} what answer{H1697} I shall return{H7725} to him that sent{H7971} me.

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Gad,{H1410} I am in a great{H3966} strait:{H6887} let us fall{H5307} now into the hand{H3027} of Jehovah;{H3068} for his mercies{H7356} are great;{H7227} and let me not fall{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of man.{H120}

So Jehovah{H3068} sent{H5414} a pestilence{H1698} upon Israel{H3478} from the morning{H1242} even to the time{H6256} appointed;{H4150} and there died{H4191} of the people{H5971} from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba{H884} seventy{H7657} thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And when the angel{H4397} stretched out{H7971} his hand{H3027} toward Jerusalem{H3389} to destroy{H7843} it, Jehovah{H3068} repented{H5162} him of the evil,{H7451} and said{H559} to the angel{H4397} that destroyed{H7843} the people,{H5971} It is enough;{H7227} now stay{H7503} thy hand.{H3027} And the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} was by the threshing-floor{H1637} of Araunah{H728} the Jebusite.{H2983}

And David{H1732} spake{H559} unto Jehovah{H3068} when he saw{H7200} the angel{H4397} that smote{H5221} the people,{H5971} and said,{H559} Lo, I have sinned,{H2398} and I have done perversely;{H5753} but these sheep,{H6629} what have they done?{H6213} let thy hand,{H3027} I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's{H1} house.{H1004}

And Gad{H1410} came{H935} that day{H3117} to David,{H1732} and said{H559} unto him, Go up,{H5927} rear{H6965} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah{H3068} in the threshing-floor{H1637} of Araunah{H728} the Jebusite.{H2983}

And David{H1732} went up{H5927} according to the saying{H1697} of Gad,{H1410} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded.{H6680}

And Araunah{H728} looked{H8259} forth, and saw{H7200} the king{H4428} and his servants{H5650} coming on{H5674} toward him: and Araunah{H728} went out,{H3318} and bowed{H7812} himself before the king{H4428} with his face{H639} to the ground.{H776}

And Araunah{H728} said,{H559} Wherefore is my lord{H113} the king{H4428} come{H935} to his servant?{H5650} And David{H1732} said,{H559} To buy{H7069} the threshing-floor{H1637} of thee, to build{H1129} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah,{H3068} that the plague{H4046} may be stayed{H6113} from the people.{H5971}

And Araunah{H728} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Let my lord{H113} the king{H4428} take{H3947} and offer up{H5927} what seemeth good{H2896} unto him:{H5869} behold,{H7200} the oxen{H1241} for the burnt-offering,{H5930} and the threshing instruments{H4173} and the yokes{H3627} of the oxen{H1241} for the wood:{H6086}

all this, O king,{H4428} doth Araunah{H728} give{H5414} unto the king.{H4428} And Araunah{H728} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} accept{H7521} thee.

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Araunah,{H728} Nay; but I will verily{H7069} buy{H7069} it of thee at a price.{H4242} Neither will I offer{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} unto Jehovah{H3068} my God{H430} which cost me nothing.{H2600} So David{H1732} bought{H7069} the threshing-floor{H1637} and the oxen{H1241} for fifty{H2572} shekels{H8255} of silver.{H3701}

And David{H1732} built{H1129} there an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} and peace-offerings.{H5930} So Jehovah{H3068} was entreated{H6279} for the land,{H776} and the plague{H4046} was stayed{H6113} from Israel.{H3478}