1 Chronicles 21:14

So Yahweh laid pestilence, upon Israel,—and there fell, of Israel, seventy thousand men.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

In Context

13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait,—Oh let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for abounding are his compassions, exceedingly, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall.

15And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:30Then rose up Pharaoh by night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there arose a great outcry throughout Egypt,—for there was not a house, where there was not one dead.

Numbers 25:9Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

2 Samuel 24:15So Yahweh sent forth a pestilence throughout Israel, from the morning even unto the time appointed,—and there died of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men.

1 Chronicles 27:24Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,—neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

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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