2 Samuel 24:12

Go and speak unto David—Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee,—choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

In Context

11And, when David arose in the morning, the word of Yahweh, had come unto Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying:

13So Gad came in unto David, and told him,—and said to him: Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? Or, for three months, wilt thou flee before thine enemies while, they, pursue thee? Or shall there be, for three days, pestilence in thy land? Now, consider and see, what, answer, I shall return to him that sent me.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:43For, the land, shall be left of them, And shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them, They also, accepting, as a payment, the punishment of their iniquity, Because, yea because, my regulations, they refused, And my statutes, their soul abhorred.

2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because thou hast greatly blasphemed Yahweh, by this thing, the very son that is born to thee, shall, die.

Job 5:17Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;

Jeremiah 30:11For with thee, am, I, Declareth Yahweh To save thee,—Though I make an end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, Yet will I not of thee, make an end, But will chastise thee in measure, not holding thee, guiltless!

Revelation 3:19I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.

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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