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World English Bible

2 Samuel 24 (WEBP)

[1] Again Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
[2] The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”
[3] Joab said to the king, “Now may Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
[4] 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 count the people of Israel.
[5] They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;
[6] then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,
[7] and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
[8] So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
[9] Joab gave up the sum of the counting 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.
[10] David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
[11] When David rose up in the morning, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
[12] “Go and speak to David, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
[13] So Gad came to David, and told him, saying, “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 answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
[14] David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
[15] So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba.
[16] When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
[17] David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
[18] Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
[19] David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
[20] Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
[21] Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”
[22] Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
[23] All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”
[24] The king said to Araunah, “No, but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
[25] David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.

2 Samuel 24:24 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels is about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 24 (KJVS)

[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.
[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 Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
[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?
[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.
[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:
[6] then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
[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 Beer-sheba.
[8] So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
[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.
[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.
[11] For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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 Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[19] And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.

2 Samuel 24:1 Satan. See
2 Samuel 24:2 Or, compass
2 Samuel 24:5 Or, valley
2 Samuel 24:6 Or, nether land newly inhabited
2 Samuel 24:14 Or, many

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 24 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () προσέθετο () ὀργὴ () κυρίου () ἐκκαῆναι () ἐν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐπέσεισεν τὸν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () λέγων () Βάδιζε ἀρίθμησον () τὸν () Ισραηλ () καὶ () τὸν () Ιουδα.
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () Ιωαβ ἄρχοντα () τῆς () ἰσχύος () τὸν () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () Δίελθε () δὴ () πάσας () φυλὰς () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () Δαν καὶ () ἕως () Βηρσαβεε καὶ () ἐπίσκεψαι () τὸν () λαόν, () καὶ () γνώσομαι () τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () τοῦ () λαοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιωαβ πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Καὶ () προσθείη () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () ὥσπερ () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ὥσπερ () αὐτοὺς () ἑκατονταπλασίονα, () καὶ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () τοῦ () κυρίου () μου () τοῦ () βασιλέως () ὁρῶντες· () καὶ () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἵνα () τί () βούλεται () ἐν () τῷ () λόγῳ () τούτῳ; ()
[4] Καὶ () ὑπερίσχυσεν ὁ () λόγος () τοῦ () βασιλέως () πρὸς () Ιωαβ καὶ () εἰς () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () τῆς () δυνάμεως. () Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Ιωαβ καὶ () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () τῆς () ἰσχύος () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () βασιλέως () ἐπισκέψασθαι () τὸν () λαὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[5] Καὶ () διέβησαν () τὸν () Ιορδάνην () καὶ () παρενέβαλον ἐν () Αροηρ ἐκ () δεξιῶν () τῆς () πόλεως () τῆς () ἐν () μέσῳ () τῆς () φάραγγος () Γαδ () καὶ () Ελιεζερ ()
[6] καὶ () ἦλθον () εἰς () τὴν () Γαλααδ καὶ () εἰς () γῆν () Θαβασων, ἥ () ἐστιν () Αδασαι, καὶ () παρεγένοντο () εἰς () Δανιδαν καὶ () Ουδαν καὶ () ἐκύκλωσαν () εἰς () Σιδῶνα ()
[7] καὶ () ἦλθαν () εἰς () Μαψαρ Τύρου () καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις () τοῦ () Ευαίου καὶ () τοῦ () Χαναναίου () καὶ () ἦλθαν () κατὰ () νότον () Ιουδα εἰς () Βηρσαβεε
[8] καὶ () περιώδευσαν ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ () καὶ () παρεγένοντο () ἀπὸ () τέλους () ἐννέα () μηνῶν () καὶ () εἴκοσι () ἡμερῶν () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἔδωκεν () Ιωαβ τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () τῆς () ἐπισκέψεως τοῦ () λαοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα, () καὶ () ἐγένετο () Ισραηλ () ὀκτακόσιαι χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () δυνάμεως () σπωμένων () ῥομφαίαν () καὶ () ἀνὴρ () Ιουδα πεντακόσιαι () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () μαχητῶν.
[10] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () καρδία () Δαυιδ () αὐτὸν () μετὰ () τὸ () ἀριθμῆσαι () τὸν () λαόν, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () κύριον () Ἥμαρτον () σφόδρα () ὃ () ἐποίησα· () νῦν, () κύριε, () παραβίβασον δὴ () τὴν () ἀνομίαν () τοῦ () δούλου () σου, () ὅτι () ἐμωράνθην () σφόδρα. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () τὸ () πρωί. () Καὶ () λόγος () κυρίου () ἐγένετο () πρὸς () Γαδ () τὸν () προφήτην () τὸν () ὁρῶντα Δαυιδ () λέγων ()
[12] Πορεύθητι () καὶ () λάλησον () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Τρία () ἐγώ () εἰμι () αἴρω () ἐπὶ () σέ, () καὶ () ἔκλεξαι () σεαυτῷ () ἓν () ἐξ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ποιήσω () σοι. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Γαδ () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἀνήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἔκλεξαι () σεαυτῷ () γενέσθαι, () εἰ () ἔλθῃ () σοι () τρία () ἔτη () λιμὸς () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () σου, () ἢ () τρεῖς () μῆνας () φεύγειν () σε () ἔμπροσθεν () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () σου () καὶ () ἔσονται () διώκοντές () σε, () ἢ () γενέσθαι () τρεῖς () ἡμέρας () θάνατον () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () σου· () νῦν () οὖν () γνῶθι () καὶ () ἰδὲ () τί () ἀποκριθῶ () τῷ () ἀποστείλαντί () με () ῥῆμα. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Γαδ () Στενά () μοι () πάντοθεν () σφόδρα () ἐστίν· () ἐμπεσοῦμαι () δὴ () ἐν () χειρὶ () κυρίου, () ὅτι () πολλοὶ () οἱ () οἰκτιρμοὶ () αὐτοῦ () σφόδρα, () εἰς () δὲ () χεῖρας () ἀνθρώπου () οὐ () μὴ () ἐμπέσω· () καὶ () ἐξελέξατο () ἑαυτῷ () Δαυιδ () τὸν () θάνατον. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἡμέραι () θερισμοῦ () πυρῶν, καὶ () ἔδωκεν () κύριος () ἐν () Ισραηλ () θάνατον () ἀπὸ () πρωίθεν ἕως () ὥρας () ἀρίστου, () καὶ () ἤρξατο () ἡ () θραῦσις ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () ἀπὸ () Δαν καὶ () ἕως () Βηρσαβεε ἑβδομήκοντα () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐξέτεινεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () τοῦ () διαφθεῖραι () αὐτήν, () καὶ () παρεκλήθη () κύριος () ἐπὶ () τῇ () κακίᾳ () καὶ () εἶπεν () τῷ () ἀγγέλῳ () τῷ () διαφθείροντι () ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ () Πολὺ () νῦν, () ἄνες () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου· () καὶ () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ἦν () παρὰ () τῷ () ἅλῳ () Ορνα τοῦ () Ιεβουσαίου.
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () κύριον () ἐν () τῷ () ἰδεῖν () αὐτὸν () τὸν () ἄγγελον () τύπτοντα () ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ἠδίκησα () καὶ () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὁ () ποιμὴν () ἐκακοποίησα, () καὶ () οὗτοι () τὰ () πρόβατα () τί () ἐποίησαν; () Γενέσθω () δὴ () ἡ () χείρ () σου () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Γαδ () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἀνάβηθι () καὶ () στῆσον () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θυσιαστήριον () ἐν () τῷ () ἅλωνι () Ορνα τοῦ () Ιεβουσαίου.
[19] Καὶ () ἀνέβη () Δαυιδ () κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () Γαδ, () καθ’ () ὃν () τρόπον () ἐνετείλατο () αὐτῷ () κύριος. ()
[20] Καὶ () διέκυψεν Ορνα καὶ () εἶδεν () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () τοὺς () παῖδας () αὐτοῦ () παραπορευομένους () ἐπάνω () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Ορνα καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ορνα Τί () ὅτι () ἦλθεν () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () τὸν () δοῦλον () αὐτοῦ; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () Κτήσασθαι () παρὰ () σοῦ () τὸν () ἅλωνα () τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () θυσιαστήριον () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () καὶ () συσχεθῇ () ἡ () θραῦσις ἐπάνω () τοῦ () λαοῦ. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ορνα πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Λαβέτω () καὶ () ἀνενεγκέτω () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τῷ () κυρίῳ () τὸ () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτοῦ· () ἰδοὺ () οἱ () βόες () εἰς () ὁλοκαύτωμα, () καὶ () οἱ () τροχοὶ () καὶ () τὰ () σκεύη () τῶν () βοῶν () εἰς () ξύλα. ()
[23] Τὰ () πάντα () ἔδωκεν () Ορνα τῷ () βασιλεῖ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ορνα πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () εὐλογήσαι () σε. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () Ορνα Οὐχί, () ὅτι () ἀλλὰ () κτώμενος () κτήσομαι () παρὰ () σοῦ () ἐν () ἀλλάγματι καὶ () οὐκ () ἀνοίσω () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () μου () ὁλοκαύτωμα () δωρεάν· () καὶ () ἐκτήσατο () Δαυιδ () τὸν () ἅλωνα () καὶ () τοὺς () βόας () ἐν () ἀργυρίῳ () σίκλων πεντήκοντα. ()
[25] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () Δαυιδ () θυσιαστήριον () κυρίῳ () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ () εἰρηνικάς· () καὶ () προσέθηκεν () Σαλωμων ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () ἐπ’ () ἐσχάτῳ, () ὅτι () μικρὸν ἦν () ἐν () πρώτοις. () Καὶ () ἐπήκουσεν () κύριος () τῇ () γῇ, () καὶ () συνεσχέθη () ἡ () θραῦσις ἐπάνωθεν Ισραηλ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.