Context 4Nevertheless, the kings word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to register the people of Israel. 5They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad and toward Jazer. 6Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon, 7and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba. 8So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10Now Davids heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly. 11When David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, Davids seer, saying, 12Go and speak to David, Thus the LORD says, I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you. 13So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me. 14Then David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the LORD for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man. Pestilence Sent 15So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough! Now relax your hand! And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking down the people, and said, 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 fathers house. David Builds an Altar 18So Gad came to David that day and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19David went up according to the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. 20Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. 21Then Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be held back from the people. 22Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what is good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king. And Araunah said to the king, May the LORD your God accept you. 24However, the king said to Araunah, No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Thus the LORD was moved by prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionNotwithstanding, 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. Douay-Rheims Bible But the king's words prevailed over the words of Joab, and of the captains of the army: and Joab, and the captains of the soldiers went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. Darby Bible Translation But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. Young's Literal Translation And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, from before the king to inspect the people, even Israel; Library The Exile --Continued. We have one psalm which the title connects with the beginning of David's stay at Adullam,--the thirty-fourth. The supposition that it dates from that period throws great force into many parts of it, and gives a unity to what is else apparently fragmentary and disconnected. Unlike those already considered, which were pure soliloquies, this is full of exhortation and counsel, as would naturally be the case if it were written when friends and followers began to gather to his standard. It reads like … Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David The Universal Chorus Letter xix (A. D. 1127) to Suger, Abbot of S. Denis Meditations for one that is Like to Die. Consolations against Impatience in Sickness. The Order of Thought which Surrounded the Development of Jesus. Of Love to God The Hardening in the Sacred Scripture. The Prophet Amos. Samuel Links 2 Samuel 24:4 NIV • 2 Samuel 24:4 NLT • 2 Samuel 24:4 ESV • 2 Samuel 24:4 NASB • 2 Samuel 24:4 KJV • 2 Samuel 24:4 Bible Apps • 2 Samuel 24:4 Parallel • Bible Hub |