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1. 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. And again H3254 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against Israel H3478 , and he moved H5496 H853 David H1732 against them to say H559 , Go H1980 , number H4487 H853 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 .
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2. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
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2. For the king H4428 said H559 to H413 Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host H2428 , which H834 was with H854 him, Go H7751 now H4994 through all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , from Dan H4480 H1835 even to H5704 Beer H884 -sheba , and number H6485 ye H853 the people H5971 , that I may know H3045 H853 the number H4557 of the people H5971 .
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3. And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
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3. And Joab H3097 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 , Now the LORD H3068 thy God H430 add H3254 unto H413 the people H5971 , how many soever they be H1992 H1992 a hundredfold H3967 H6471 , and that the eyes H5869 of my lord H113 the king H4428 may see H7200 it : but why H4100 doth my lord H113 the king H4428 delight H2654 in this H2088 thing H1697 ?
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4. Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
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4. Notwithstanding the king H4428 's word H1697 prevailed H2388 against H413 Joab H3097 , and against H5921 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 H853 the people H5971 of Israel H3478 .
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5. And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
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5. And they passed over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 , and pitched H2583 in Aroer H6177 , on the right side H3225 of the city H5892 that H834 lieth in the midst H8432 of the river H5158 of Gad H1410 , and toward H413 Jazer H3270 :
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6. Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
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6. Then they came H935 to Gilead H1568 , and to H413 the land H776 of Tahtim H8483 -hodshi ; and they came H935 to Dan H1842 -jaan , and about H5439 to H413 Zidon H6721 ,
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7. And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
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7. And came H935 to the stronghold H4013 of Tyre H6865 , and to all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Hivites H2340 , and of the Canaanites H3669 : and they went out H3318 to H413 the south H5045 of Judah H3063 , even to Beer H884 -sheba.
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8. So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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8. So when they had gone H7751 through all H3605 the land H776 , they came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 at the end H4480 H7097 of nine H8672 months H2320 and twenty H6242 days H3117 .
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9. And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
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9. And Joab H3097 gave up H5414 H853 the sum H4557 of the number H4662 of the people H5971 unto H413 the king H4428 : and there were H1961 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 .
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10. And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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10. And David H1732 's heart H3820 smote H5221 him after H310 that H3651 he had numbered H5608 H853 the people H5971 . And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , I have sinned H2398 greatly H3966 in that H834 I have done H6213 : and now H6258 , I beseech thee H4994 , O LORD H3068 , take away H5674 H853 the iniquity H5771 of thy servant H5650 ; for H3588 I have done very H3966 foolishly H5528 .
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11. For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
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11. For when David H1732 was up H6965 in the morning H1242 , the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 the prophet H5030 Gad H1410 , David H1732 's seer H2374 , saying H559 ,
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12. Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
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12. Go H1980 and say H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Thus H3541 saith H1696 the LORD H3068 , I H595 offer H5190 H5921 thee three H7969 things ; choose H977 thee one H259 of H4480 them , that I may do H6213 it unto thee.
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13. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
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13. So Gad H1410 came H935 to H413 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 H518 wilt thou flee H5127 three H7969 months H2320 before H6440 thine enemies H6862 , while they H1931 pursue H7291 thee? or H518 that there be H1961 three H7969 days H3117 ' pestilence H1698 in thy land H776 ? now H6258 advise H3045 , and see H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to him that sent H7971 me.
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14. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
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14. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Gad H1410 , I am in a great H3966 strait H6862 : let us fall H5307 now H4994 into the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 his mercies H7356 are great H7227 : and let me not H408 fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of man H120 .
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15. So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
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15. So the LORD H3068 sent H5414 a pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 from the morning H1242 even to H5704 the time H6256 appointed H4150 : and there died H4191 of H4480 the people H5971 from Dan H4480 H1835 even to H5704 Beer H884 -sheba seventy H7657 thousand H505 men H376 .
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16. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
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16. And when the angel H4397 stretched out H7971 his hand H3027 upon Jerusalem H3389 to destroy H7843 it , the LORD H3068 repented him H5162 of H413 the evil H7451 , and said H559 to the angel H4397 that destroyed H7843 the people H5971 , It is enough H7227 : stay H7503 now H6258 thine hand H3027 . And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 by H5973 the threshingplace H1637 of Araunah H728 the Jebusite H2983 .
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17. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
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17. And David H1732 spoke H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 when he saw H7200 H853 the angel H4397 that smote H5221 the people H5971 , and said H559 , Lo H2009 , I H595 have sinned H2398 , and I H595 have done wickedly H5753 : but these H428 sheep H6629 , what H4100 have they done H6213 ? let thine hand H3027 , I pray thee H4994 , be H1961 against me , and against my father H1 's house H1004 .
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18. And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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18. And Gad H1410 came H935 that H1931 day H3117 to H413 David H1732 , and said H559 unto him , Go up H5927 , rear H6965 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 in the threshingfloor H1637 of Araunah H728 the Jebusite H2983 .
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19. And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
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19. And David H1732 , according to the saying H1697 of Gad H1410 , went up H5927 as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 .
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20. And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
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20. And Araunah H728 looked H8259 , and saw H7200 H853 the king H4428 and his servants H5650 coming on H5674 toward H5921 him : and Araunah H728 went out H3318 , and bowed himself H7812 before the king H4428 on his face H639 upon the ground H776 .
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21. And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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21. And Araunah H728 said H559 , Wherefore H4069 is my lord H113 the king H4428 come H935 to H413 his servant H5650 ? And David H1732 said H559 , To buy H7069 H853 the threshingfloor H1637 of H4480 H5973 thee , to build H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 , that the plague H4046 may be stayed H6113 from H4480 H5921 the people H5971 .
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22. And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
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22. And Araunah H728 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Let my lord H113 the king H4428 take H3947 and offer up H5927 what seemeth good H2896 unto him H5869 : behold H7200 , here be oxen H1241 for burnt sacrifice H5930 , and threshing instruments H4173 and other instruments H3627 of the oxen H1241 for wood H6086 .
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23. All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
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23. All H3605 these things did Araunah H728 , as a king H4428 , give H5414 unto H413 the king H4428 . And Araunah H728 said H559 unto the king H4428 , The LORD H3068 thy God H430 accept H7521 thee.
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24. And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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24. And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 Araunah H728 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 I will surely buy H7069 H7069 it of H4480 H854 thee at a price H4242 : neither H3808 will I offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 unto the LORD H3068 my God H430 of that which H834 doth cost me nothing H2600 . So David H1732 bought H7069 H853 the threshingfloor H1637 and the oxen H1241 for fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 .
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25. And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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25. And David H1732 built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 , and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 . So the LORD H3068 was entreated H6279 for the land H776 , and the plague H4046 was stayed H6113 from H4480 H5921 Israel H3478 .
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