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2 Samuel 24:11
“When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 24
Joab gave up the sum of the numbering 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.
David's heart struck him after that he had numbered 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.
When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
Go and speak to David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.
So 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 answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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