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1 Chronicles 21:10

David

8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
ASV
Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
DARBY
Go and speak to David saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I offer thee three [things]; choose one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
BLB
“Go and declare to David, saying, thus says YHWH: ‘Three [things] I offer to you; choose for yourself one of them, that I may do [it] to you.’”
ÅB
Gå og tal til David og si: Så sier Herren: Tre ting forelegger jeg deg; velg en av dem, sa vil jeg gjøre så mot deg!
OTB
"Gå og tal til David, og si:
'Dette er hva Herren sier:
Jeg tilbyr deg tre ting;
velg for deg selv en av dem, som jeg vil gjøre mot deg.'"
B1930
Gå og tal til David og si: Så sier Herren: Tre ting forelegger jeg dig; velg en av dem, sa vil jeg gjøre så mot dig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 1:29–31

    For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

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  • Numbers 20:12

    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

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  • Proverbs 3:12

    for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

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  • Revelation 3:19

    Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:10–12

    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

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  • 1 Kings 13:21–22

    and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

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  • Joshua 24:15

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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