2 Samuel 24:10-14

The Lord's Judgment of David's Sin

¹⁰ But _k David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, _l "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done _m very foolishly." ¹¹ And when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to _n the prophet Gad, David's _o seer, saying, ¹² "Go and say to David, 'Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer ₁ you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.'" ¹³ So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall _p three ₂ years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me." ¹⁴ Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, _q for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man."

1. Cross References
   1 Samuel 24:5
   And afterward David's heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Samuel 12:13
   David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 13:13
   And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Samuel 22:5
   Then the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Samuel 9:9
   (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
   
6. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 21:12
   Either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 119:156
   Great is your mercy, O Lord ; give me life according to your rules.