So Gad went and said to David, "Shall you endure three years of famine on your land, or three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me." Cross References 2 Samuel 24:12"Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: 'I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.'" 1 Chronicles 21:12 of either three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD--days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.' Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me." Ezekiel 14:21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments--sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague--in order to cut off from it both man and beast? Chapter Outline 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men 10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence 15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stops Jump to Previous Advise Consider David Enemies Famine Flee Foes Gad Months Pestilence Pursue Seven Three WiltJump to Next Advise Consider David Enemies Famine Flee Foes Gad Months Pestilence Pursue Seven Three Wilt |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge seven 2 Samuel 21:1 Leviticus 26:20 1 Kings 17:1 1 Chronicles 21:12 Ezekiel 14:13, 21 Luke 4:25 flee Leviticus 26:17, 36, 37 Deuteronomy 28:25, 52 three days Leviticus 26:16, 25 Deuteronomy 28:22, 27, 35 Psalm 91:6 Ezekiel 14:19-21 Links 2 Samuel 24:13 NIV2 Samuel 24:13 NLT 2 Samuel 24:13 ESV 2 Samuel 24:13 NASB 2 Samuel 24:13 KJV 2 Samuel 24:13 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 24:13 Parallel 2 Samuel 24:13 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 24:13 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 24:13 French Bible 2 Samuel 24:13 German Bible 2 Samuel 24:13 Commentaries Bible Hub |