1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

2 Samuel 24

1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people. 5 The captains, in nine months and twenty days, bring the muster of thirteen hundred thousand fighting men. 10 David, having three plagues propounded by Gad, repenteth, and chooseth the three days' pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore and ten thousand, David by repentance preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, purchaseth Araunah's threshingfloor, where having sacrificed, the plague stayeth.

 24:1 Now again 3254 the anger 639 of the LORD 3068 burned 2734 against Israel 3478, and it incited 5496 David 1732 against them to say 559, “Go 1980, number 4487 Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.”

 24:2 The king 4428 said 559 to Joab 3097 the commander 8269 of the army 2428 who 834 was with him, “Go 7751a about 7751a now 4994 through all 3605 the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, from Dan 1835 to Beersheba 884, and register 6485 the people 5971a, that I may know 3045 the number 4557 of the people 5971a.”

 24:3 But Joab 3097 said 559 to the king 4428, “Now may the LORD 3068 your God 430 add 3254 to the people 5971a a hundred 3967 times 6471 as many as they are, while the eyes 5869 of my lord 113 the king 4428 [still] see 7200; but why 4100 does my lord 113 the king 4428 delight 2654a in this 2088 thing 1697?”

 24:4 Nevertheless, the king’s 4428 word 1697 prevailed 2388 against 413 Joab 3097 and against 5921 the commanders 8269 of the army 2428. So Joab 3097 and the commanders 8269 of the army 2428 went 3318 out from the presence 6440 of the king 4428 to register 6485 the people 5971a of Israel 3478.

 24:5 They crossed 5674a the Jordan 3383 and camped 2583 in Aroer 6177, on the right 3225 side 3225 of the city 5892b that is in the middle 8432 of the valley 5158a of Gad 1410 and toward 413 Jazer 3270.

 24:6 Then they came 935 to Gilead 1568 and to the land 776 of Tahtim-hodshi 8483, and they came 935 to Dan-jaan 1842 and around 5439 to Sidon 6721,

 24:7 and came 935 to the fortress 4013 of Tyre 6865 and to all 3605 the cities 5892b of the Hivites 2340 and of the Canaanites 3669a, and they went 3318 out to the south 5045 of Judah 3063, [to] Beersheba 884.

 24:8 So when they had gone 7751a about 7751a through the whole 3605 land 776, they came 935 to Jerusalem 3389 at the end 7097a of nine 8672 months 2320 and twenty 6242 days 3117.

 24:9 And Joab 3097 gave 5414 the number 4557 of the registration 4662 of the people 5971a to the king 4428; and there were in Israel 3478 eight 8083 hundred 3967 thousand 505 valiant 2428 men 376 who drew 8025 the sword 2719, and the men 376 of Judah 3063 were five 2568 hundred 3967 thousand 505 men 376.

 24:10 ¶ Now David’s 1732 heart 3820 troubled 5221 him after 310 3651 he had numbered 5608 the people 5971a. So David 1732 said 559 to the LORD 3068, “I have sinned 2398 greatly 3966 in what 834 I have done 6213a. But now 6258, O LORD 3068, please 4994 take 5674a away 5674a the iniquity 5771 of Your servant 5650, for I have acted 5528 very 3966 foolishly 5528.”

 24:11 When David 1732 arose 6965 in the morning 1242, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to the prophet 5030 Gad 1410, David’s 1732 seer 2374, saying 559,

 24:12 “Go 1980 and speak 1696 to David 1732, ‘Thus 3541 the LORD 3068 says 559, “I am offering 5190 you three 7969 things 7969; choose 977 for yourself one 259 of them, which I will do 6213a to you.”’”

 24:13 So Gad 1410 came 935 to David 1732 and told 5046 him, and said 559 to him, “Shall seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 come 935 to you in your land 776? Or 518 will you flee 5127 three 7969 months 2320 before 6440 your foes 6862c while they pursue 7291 you? Or shall there be three 7969 days’ 3117 pestilence 1698 in your land 776? Now 6258 consider 3045 and see 7200 what 4100 answer 1697 I shall return 7725 to Him who sent 7971 me.”

 24:14 Then David 1732 said 559 to Gad 1410, “I am in great 3966 distress 6887b. Let us now 4994 fall 5307 into the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 for His mercies 7356 are great 7227a, but do not let me fall 5307 into the hand 3027 of man 120.”

 24:15 ¶ So the LORD 3068 sent 5414 a pestilence 1698 upon Israel 3478 from the morning 1242 until 5704 the appointed 4150 time 6256, and seventy 7657 thousand 505 men 376 of the people 5971a from Dan 1835 to Beersheba 884 died 4191.

 24:16 When the angel 4397 stretched 7971 out his hand 3027 toward Jerusalem 3389 to destroy 7843 it, the LORD 3068 relented 5162 from the calamity 7463a and said 559 to the angel 4397 who destroyed 7843 the people 5971a, “It is enough 7227a! Now 6258 relax 7503 your hand 3027!” And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 was by the threshing 1637 floor 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.

 24:17 Then David 1732 spoke 559 to the LORD 3068 when he saw 7200 the angel 4397 who was striking 5221 down 5221 the people 5971a, and said 559, “Behold 2009, it is I who have sinned 2398, and it is I who have done 5753b wrong 5753b; but these 428 sheep 6629, what 4100 have they done 6213a? Please 4994 let Your hand 3027 be against me and against my father’s 1 house 1004.”

 24:18 ¶ So Gad 1410 came 935 to David 1732 that day 3117 and said 559 to him, “Go 5927 up, erect 6965 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068 on the threshing 1637 floor 1637 of Araunah 728 the Jebusite 2983.”

 24:19 David 1732 went 5927 up according to the word 1697 of Gad 1410, just 3512c as the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680.

 24:20 Araunah 728 looked 8259 down 8259 and saw 7200 the king 4428 and his servants 5650 crossing 5674a over 5674a toward 5921 him; and Araunah 728 went 3318 out and bowed 7812 his face 639 to the ground 776 before the king 4428.

 24:21 Then Araunah 728 said 559, “Why 4069 has my lord 113 the king 4428 come 935 to his servant 5650?” And David 1732 said 559, “To buy 7069 the threshing 1637 floor 1637 from you, in order to build 1129 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068, that the plague 4046 may be held 6113 back 6113 from the people 5971a.”

 24:22 Araunah 728 said 559 to David 1732, “Let my lord 113 the king 4428 take 3947 and offer 5927 up what 2896a is good 2896a in his sight 5869. Look 7200, the oxen 1241 for the burnt 5930a offering 5930a, the threshing 4173 sledges 4173 and the yokes 3627 of the oxen 1241 for the wood 6086.

 24:23 “Everything 3605, O king 4428, Araunah 728 gives 5414 to the king 4428.” And Araunah 728 said 559 to the king 4428, “May the LORD 3068 your God 430 accept 7521 you.”

 24:24 However, the king 4428 said 559 to Araunah 728, “No 3808, but I will surely 7069 buy 7069 [it] from you for a price 4242, for I will not offer 5927 burnt 5930a offerings 5930a to the LORD 3068 my God 430 which 2600 cost 2600 me nothing 2600.” So David 1732 bought 7069 the threshing 1637 floor 1637 and the oxen 1241 for fifty 2572 shekels 8255 of silver 3701.

 24:25 David 1732 built 1129 there 8033 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068 and offered 5927 burnt 5930a offerings 5930a and peace 8002 offerings 8002. Thus the LORD 3068 was moved 6279 by prayer 6279 for the land 776, and the plague 4046 was held 6113 back 6113 from Israel 3478.