2 Samuel 24:1-15 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say , Go , number Israel and Judah.

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1 H3254 And again [H8686] H639 the anger H3068 of the LORD H2734 was kindled [H8800] H3478 against Israel H5496 , and he moved [H8686] H1732 David H559 against them to say [H8800] H3212 , Go [H8798] H4487 , number [H8798] H3478 Israel H3063 and Judah.

2 H4428 For the king H559 said [H8799] H3097 to Joab H8269 the captain H2428 of the host H7751 , which was with him, Go now through [H8798] H7626 all the tribes H3478 of Israel H1835 , from Dan H884 even to Beersheba H6485 , and number [H8798] H5971 ye the people H3045 , that I may know [H8804] H4557 the number H5971 of the people.

3 H3097 And Joab H559 said [H8799] H4428 unto the king H3068 , Now the LORD H430 thy God H3254 add [H8686] H5971 unto the people H1992 , how many soever H3967 they be, an hundredfold H6471 H5869 , and that the eyes H113 of my lord H4428 the king H7200 may see [H8802] H113 it : but why doth my lord H4428 the king H2654 delight [H8804] H1697 in this thing?

4 H4428 Notwithstanding the king's H1697 word H2388 prevailed [H8799] H3097 against Joab H8269 , and against the captains H2428 of the host H3097 . And Joab H8269 and the captains H2428 of the host H3318 went out [H8799] H6440 from the presence H4428 of the king H6485 , to number [H8800] H5971 the people H3478 of Israel.

5 H5674 And they passed over [H8799] H3383 Jordan H2583 , and pitched [H8799] H6177 in Aroer H3225 , on the right side H5892 of the city H8432 that lieth in the midst H5158 of the river H1410 of Gad H3270 , and toward Jazer:

6 H935 Then they came [H8799] H1568 to Gilead H776 , and to the land H8483 of Tahtimhodshi H935 ; and they came [H8799] H1842 to Danjaan H5439 , and about H6721 to Zidon,

7 H935 And came [H8799] H4013 to the strong hold H6865 of Tyre H5892 , and to all the cities H2340 of the Hivites H3669 , and of the Canaanites H3318 : and they went out [H8799] H5045 to the south H3063 of Judah H884 , even to Beersheba.

8 H7751 So when they had gone [H8799] H776 through all the land H935 , they came [H8799] H3389 to Jerusalem H7097 at the end H8672 of nine H2320 months H6242 and twenty H3117 days.

9 H3097 And Joab H5414 gave up [H8799] H4557 the sum H4662 of the number H5971 of the people H4428 unto the king H3478 : and there were in Israel H8083 eight H3967 hundred H505 thousand H2428 valiant H376 men [H8677] H381 H8025 that drew [H8802] H2719 the sword H376 ; and the men H3063 of Judah H2568 were five H3967 hundred H505 thousand H376 men.

10 H1732 And David's H3820 heart H5221 smote [H8686] H310 him after H5608 that he had numbered [H8804] H5971 the people H1732 . And David H559 said [H8799] H3068 unto the LORD H2398 , I have sinned [H8804] H3966 greatly H6213 in that I have done [H8804] H3068 : and now, I beseech thee, O LORD H5674 , take away [H8685] H5771 the iniquity H5650 of thy servant H3966 ; for I have done very H5528 foolishly [H8738] .

11 H1732 For when David H6965 was up [H8799] H1242 in the morning H1697 , the word H3068 of the LORD H5030 came unto the prophet H1410 Gad H1732 , David's H2374 seer H559 , saying [H8800] ,

12 H1980 Go [H8800] H559 and say [H8804] H1732 unto David H1696 , Thus saith [H8765] H3068 the LORD H5190 , I offer [H8802] H7969 thee three H977 things; choose [H8798] H259 thee one H6213 of them, that I may do it unto thee [H8799] .

13 H1410 So Gad H935 came [H8799] H1732 to David H5046 , and told [H8686] H559 him, and said [H8799] H7651 unto him, Shall seven H8141 years H7458 of famine H935 come [H8799] H776 unto thee in thy land H5127 ? or wilt thou flee [H8800] H7969 three H2320 months H6440 before H6862 thine enemies H7291 , while they pursue [H8802] H7969 thee? or that there be three H3117 days H1698 ' pestilence H776 in thy land H3045 ? now advise [H8798] H7200 , and see [H8798] H1697 what answer H7725 I shall return [H8686] H7971 to him that sent [H8802] me.

14 H1732 And David H559 said [H8799] H1410 unto Gad H3966 , I am in a great H6887 strait [H8804] H5307 : let us fall [H8799] H3027 now into the hand H3068 of the LORD H7356 ; for his mercies H7227 are great H5307 : and let me not fall [H8799] H3027 into the hand H120 of man.

15 H3068 So the LORD H5414 sent [H8799] H1698 a pestilence H3478 upon Israel H1242 from the morning H6256 even to the time H4150 appointed H4191 : and there died [H8799] H5971 of the people H1835 from Dan H884 even to Beersheba H7657 seventy H505 thousand H376 men.