1 Chronicles 21:11

So Gad went to David and said to him, “Yahweh says this, 'Choose one of these:

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So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

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10“Go say to David, 'This is what Yahweh says: I am giving you three choices. Choose one of them.'”

12either three years of famine, three months being pursued by your enemies and being caught by their swords, or else three days of Yahweh's sword, that is, a plague in the land, with the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the land of Israel.' Now then, decide what answer I should take to the one who sent me.”

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:20Listen to advice and accept instruction, 1 so you may become wise by the end of your life. 1

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 →

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