2 Samuel 24:12
10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
11 When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, 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.’”
13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
14 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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.
Compare
- 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 say unto David, 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, ‘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, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
- DARBY
- Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three [things]; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.
- BLB
- “Go and tell to David, thus says YHWH: ‘Three [things] I offer you. Choose for yourself one of them, that I may do [it] to you.’”
- ÅB
- Gå og tal til David: Så sier Herren: Tre ting forelegger jeg deg; velg en av dem, så vil jeg gjøre så mot deg!
- OTB
- "Gå og tal til David: ‘Dette sier Herren: Jeg tilbyr deg tre ting; velg en av dem, og jeg vil gjøre det mot deg.’"
- B1930
- Gå og tal til David: Så sier Herren: Tre ting forelegger jeg dig; velg en av dem, så vil jeg gjøre så mot dig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:12
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Read in contextHebrews 12:6–10
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Read in contextRevelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:41
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
Read in context1 Chronicles 21:10–11
“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.’”
Read in contextLeviticus 26:43
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:9–10
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:14
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
Read in context