2 Samuel 24
24
David’s Unauthorized Census
1Now the anger of Adonai again flared up against Israel, so He incited David against them saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
2The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, so that I may know the sum of the people.”
3But Joab said to the king, “May Adonai your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king desire such a thing?”
4Nevertheless, the king’s command to Joab and the army generals remained firm. So Joab and the army generals went out from the king’s presence to number the people of Israel.
5They crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer.
6Then they went to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi. Then they came to Dan-jaan and round about to Sidon,
7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.
8So when they had gone throughout all the land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and 20 days.
9Joab reported the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: there were in Israel 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword and the men of Judah were 500,000 men.
10But David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David prayed to Adonai, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done! But now, Adonai, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
11When David rose up in the morning, the word of Adonai came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying:
12“Go and speak to David, thus says Adonai: ‘Three things I am proposing to you—choose one of them and I will bring it upon you.’”
13So Gad came to David and told him, saying to him, “Shall seven years of famine come on you in your land? Or will you flee from your adversary for three months while he is pursuing you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should return to Him who sent me.”
14Then David said to Gad, “I am in a great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of Adonai, for His mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.”
15So Adonai sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, so that 70,000 men of the people died from Dan to Beersheba.
16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Adonai relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Now withdraw your hand.” The angel of Adonai was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17When David saw the angel that was striking down the people, he spoke to Adonai saying, “Behold, it is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done wrong! But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand be against me and against my father’s house.”
18On that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up, set up an altar to Adonai on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19So David went up according to the word of Gad, as Adonai had commanded.
20Now when Araunah looked down and saw the king and his courtiers crossing over toward him, Araunah went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
21Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to Adonai, so that the plague may be held back from the people.”
22Then Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good in his eyes. Look here, the oxen for the burnt offering, as well as the threshing sledges and the ox yokes for the wood.
23All this Araunah gives to the king.” Araunah said further to the king, “May Adonai your God accept you.”
24But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you at a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Adonai my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver.
25Then David built there an altar to Adonai, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So Adonai was moved by prayer of entreaty for the land, and restrained the plague from Israel.
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2 Samuel 24
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David’s Census of Israel and Judah
1Ch 21:1–17
1Again the Lord became angry against Israel, and He incited David against them, saying, “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah.” # 1Ch 21:1; 27:23–24
2The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go throughout all of the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, # Jdg 20:1; 2Sa 3:10 and muster the people so that I may know the number of the people.”
3Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, # Dt 1:11 in the sight of my lord the king; but why does my lord the king so desire this thing?”
4However, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from before the king to register the people of Israel.
5They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, # Dt 2:36; Jos 13:9 south of the city, in the middle of the ravine of Gad toward Jazer. 6They went toward Gilead to the land of Tahtim Hodshi. Then they went toward Dan Jaan and around to Sidon. # Jos 19:28 7They went to the fortress of Tyre # Jos 19:29 and all of the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. # Jos 11:3 They went to the Negev and Beer-sheba.
8They went throughout the entire land, and after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.
9Joab gave the count of the census of the people to the king. There were eight hundred thousand capable men who could draw a sword in Israel, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.
Judgment for David’s Sin
10Now the heart of David struck him # 1Sa 24:5 after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly # 2Sa 12:13 by what I have done. Now may the Lord take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have behaved very foolishly.” # 1Sa 13:13
11When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, # 1Sa 22:5 the seer # 1Sa 9:9 for David, saying, 12“Go and speak to David: Thus says the Lord: Three options I am laying before you. Choose for yourself one of them, and I will do this to you.”
13So Gad came to David and told him. He said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? # Lev 26:25; 1Ch 21:12 Now consider and advise what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”
14David said to Gad, “I am very distressed. Let us fall by the hand of the Lord, for His mercy is great. # Ps 51:1; 119:156 May I not fall by the hand of man.”
15So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time. Seventy thousand men from the people died, # 1Ch 21:14; 27:24 from Dan to Beer-sheba. 16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented # Ge 6:6; Ex 12:23 from the calamity. He said to the angel who was annihilating the people, “Enough! Now stay your hand.” The angel of the Lord was at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17On seeing the angel who was striking down the people, David said to the Lord, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. These sheep, what have they done? # Ps 74:1 Please, let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”
David Builds an Altar
1Ch 21:18–26
18Gad came to David that day and said to him, “Go up and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded. 20When Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed low to the king with his face on the ground.
21Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”
David replied, “To purchase the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord, so that the plague may be averted from the people.”
22Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering # 1Sa 6:14; 1Ki 19:21 and the threshing sledges and yokes of the oxen for wood. 23Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” Araunah also said to the king, “May the Lord your God be favorable toward you.”
24However, the king said to Araunah, “No, for I will certainly purchase from you for a fair price. I will not offer up to the Lord burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels # 24:24 About 1.25 pounds, or 575 grams. of silver. # 1Ch 21:24–25 25David built an altar to the Lord # 1Sa 7:17 there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the land pleaded with the Lord, # 2Sa 21:14 and the plague was averted from Israel.
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