Verse 16

2 Samuel 24:16

New Living Translation

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16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֩ יָד֨/וֹ הַ/מַּלְאָ֥ךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְ/שַׁחֲתָ/הּ֒ וַ/יִּנָּ֤חֶם יְהוָה֙ אֶל הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה וַ֠/יֹּאמֶר לַ/מַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַ/מַּשְׁחִ֤ית בָּ/עָם֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑/ךָ וּ/מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ הָיָ֔ה עִם גֹּ֖רֶן ה/אורנה הָ/אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַ/יְבֻסִֽי

English Translation

And the angel of the Lord sent his hand to destroy it, and the Lord regretted the evil and said to the destroying angel among the people, "Now hold back your hand," and the angel of the Lord was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Chapter 24 Context

1 Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a... Focus ↗

2 So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel... Focus ↗

3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God (Elohim) let you live to see a hundred times as... Focus ↗

4 But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to... Focus ↗

5 First they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the town in the valley, in the direction... Focus ↗

6 then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. Focus ↗

7 Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, th... Focus ↗

8 Having gone through the entire land for nine months and twenty days, they returned to Jerusalem. Focus ↗

9 Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 capable warriors in Israel who co... Focus ↗

10 But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the LORD,... Focus ↗

11 The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the me... Focus ↗

12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of thes... Focus ↗

13 So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three years of famine throughout your land, thr... Focus ↗

14 “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the LORD, f... Focus ↗

15 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days. A total of 70,000... Focus ↗

16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel,...

17 When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But thes... Focus ↗

18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing f... Focus ↗

19 So David went up to do what the LORD had commanded him. Focus ↗

20 When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his... Focus ↗

21 “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked. David replied, “I have come to buy your thresh... Focus ↗

22 “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the b... Focus ↗

23 I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the LORD your God (Elohim) accept your sacrifice.” Focus ↗

24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings... Focus ↗

25 David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the L... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 24 (25 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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