2 Samuel 24:14

And David said to Gad, On every side + 24:14 Gr. things are very narrow to me.I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose one of these things to befal thee, whether there shall come upon thee for three years famine in thy land; or that thou shouldest flee three months before thine enemies, and they should pursue thee; or that there should be for three days mortality in thy land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

15So David chose for himself the mortality: and they were the days of wheat-harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till + 24:15 Lit. dinner time.noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:6And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true,

2 Kings 6:15And the servant of Elisaie + 6:15 Gr. was early to rise.rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, + 6:15 Gr. how shall we do?what shall we do?

1 Chronicles 21:13And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even all the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.

Psalms 51:1For the end, a Psalm of + 51:1 Gr. governing.instruction by David,

Psalms 106:41But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 24:11-18

The Numbering of the People Punished. ( b. c. 1017.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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