Verse 13
2 Samuel 24:13
New Living Translation
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So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three years of famine throughout your land, three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹא גָ֥ד אֶל דָּוִ֖ד וַ/יַּגֶּד ל֑/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֡/וֹ הֲ/תָב֣וֹא לְ/ךָ֣ שֶֽׁבַע שָׁנִ֣ים רָעָ֣ב בְּ/אַרְצֶ֡/ךָ אִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳ֠דָשִׁים נֻסְ/ךָ֨ לִ/פְנֵֽי צָרֶ֜י/ךָ וְ/ה֣וּא רֹדְפֶ֗/ךָ וְ/אִם הֱ֠יוֹת שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֥ים דֶּ֨בֶר֙ בְּ/אַרְצֶ֔/ךָ עַתָּה֙ דַּ֣ע וּ/רְאֵ֔ה מָה אָשִׁ֥יב שֹׁלְחִ֖/י דָּבָֽר
English Translation
And Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Will there come to you seven years of famine in your land, or three months of fleeing before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should return to the one who sent me."
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