1 Chronicles 21:8
Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:13Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded about sacrifices. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule Israel for a long time.
2 Samuel 12:13David replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has forgiven you for your sin: You will not die because of this sin.
2 Samuel 24:10But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted [IDM] that he had told them to do that. One night he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.”
Psalms 25:11Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you [MTY].
Psalms 51:1O God, be merciful to me, because you love me faithfully; because you are very merciful, erase the record of the ways that I disobeyed you!
Hosea 14:2So now return to Yahweh and say [MTY] this to him: “Forgive us for all the sins that we have committed, and kindly accept ◄us/our sacrifices► in order that we may thank/praise you [IDM].
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:8-18
David's Numbering the People. ( b. c. 1017.) 7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord , I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him,… Read the whole commentary →