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1 Chronicles 21 – King James Version (KJV)

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Census Brings Pestilence

(2Sa 24:1–25 )

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1Ch 21:1 - And^H5975^➔ Satan^H7854 stood up^➔^H5975 against^H5921 Israel,^H3478 and provoked^H5496 David^H1732 to number^H4487 Israel.^H3478

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1Ch 21:2 - And^H559^➔ David^H1732 said^➔^H559 to^H413 Joab^H3097 and to^H413 the rulers^H8269 of the people,^H5971 Go,^H3212 number^H5608 Israel^H3478 from Beersheba^H884^H884 even to^H5704 Dan;^H1835 and bring^H935 the number of them^H4557 to me,^H413 that I may know^H3045 it.

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1Ch 21:3 - And^H559^➔ Joab^H3097 answered,^➔^H559 The LORD^H3068 make^H3254^➔ his people^H5971 an hundred^H3967 times^H6471 so many more^➔^H3254 as they^H1992 be: but,^H3808^➔ my lord^H113 the king,^H4428 are they^H3605^➔ not^➔^H3808 all^➔^H3605 my lord's^H113 servants?^H5650 why then^H4100 doth^H1245^➔ my lord^H113 require^➔^H1245 this thing?^H2063 why^H4100 will he be a cause^H1961 of trespass^H819 to Israel?^H3478

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1Ch 21:4 - Nevertheless^H1697^➔ the king's^H4428 word^➔^H1697 prevailed^H2388 against^H5921 Joab.^H3097 Wherefore^H3318^➔ Joab^H3097 departed,^➔^H3318 and went^H1980 throughout all^H3605 Israel,^H3478 and came^H935 to Jerusalem.^H3389

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1Ch 21:5 - And^H5414^➔ Joab^H3097 gave^➔^H5414 the sum^H4557 of the number^H4662 of the people^H5971 unto^H413 David.^H1732 And^H1961^➔ all^H3605 they of Israel^H3478 were^➔^H1961 a thousand^H505 thousand^H505 and an hundred^H3967 thousand^H505 men^H376 that drew^H8025 sword:^H2719 and Judah^H3063 was four^H702 hundred^H3967 threescore and ten^H7657 thousand^H505 men^H376 that drew^H8025 sword.^H2719

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1Ch 21:6 - But Levi^H3878 and Benjamin^H1144 counted he^H6485 not^H3808 among them:^H8432 for^H3588 the king's^H4428 word^H1697 was abominable^H8581 to^H854 Joab.^H3097

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1Ch 21:7 - And^H7489^➔ God^H430 was displeased^➔^H7489^H5869 with^H5921 this^H2088 thing;^H1697 therefore he smote^H5221 Israel.^H3478

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1Ch 21:8 - And^H559^➔ David^H1732 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 God,^H430 I have sinned^H2398 greatly,^H3966 because^H834 I have done^H6213 this^H2088 thing:^H1697 but now,^H6258 I beseech thee,^H4994 do away^H5674 the iniquity^H5771 of thy servant;^H5650 for^H3588 I have done^H5528^➔ very^H3966 foolishly.^➔^H5528

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1Ch 21:9 - And^H1696^➔ the LORD^H3068 spake^➔^H1696 unto^H413 Gad,^H1410 David's^H1732 seer,^H2374 saying,^H559

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1Ch 21:10 - Go^H3212 and tell^H1696 David,^H1732 saying,^H559 Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 I^H589 offer^H5186 thee^H5921 three^H7969 things: choose^H977 thee one^H259 of them,^H2007 that I may do^H6213 it unto thee.

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1Ch 21:11 - So^H935^➔ Gad^H1410 came^➔^H935 to^H413 David,^H1732 and said^H559 unto him, Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 Choose^H6901 thee

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1Ch 21:12 - Either^H518 three^H7969 years'^H8141 famine;^H7458 or^H518 three^H7969 months^H2320 to be destroyed^H5595 before^H6440 thy foes,^H6862 while that the sword^H2719 of thine enemies^H341 overtaketh^H5381 thee; or else^H518 three^H7969 days^H3117 the sword^H2719 of the LORD,^H3068 even the pestilence,^H1698 in the land,^H776 and the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 destroying^H7843 throughout all^H3605 the coasts^H1366 of Israel.^H3478 Now therefore^H6258 advise thyself^H7200 what^H4100 word^H1697 I shall bring again^H7725 to^H854 him that sent me.^H7971

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1Ch 21:13 - And^H559^➔ David^H1732 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 Gad,^H1410 I am^H589 in a^H6862^➔ great^H3966 strait:^➔^H6862 let me fall^H5307 now^H4994 into the hand^H3027 of the LORD;^H3068 for^H3588 very^H3966 great^H7227 are his mercies:^H7356 but^H3027^➔ let me^H5307^➔ not^H408 fall^➔^H5307 into the hand^➔^H3027 of man.^H120

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1Ch 21:14 - So^H5414^➔ the LORD^H3068 sent^➔^H5414 pestilence^H1698 upon Israel:^H3478 and there fell^H5307 of Israel^H3478 seventy^H7657 thousand^H505 men.^H376

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

1Ch 21:15 - And^H7971^➔ God^H430 sent^➔^H7971 an angel^H4397 unto Jerusalem^H3389 to destroy it:^H7843 and as he was destroying,^H7843 the LORD^H3068 beheld,^H7200 and he repented him^H5162 of^H5921 the evil,^H7451 and said^H559 to the angel^H4397 that destroyed,^H7843 It is enough,^H7227 stay^H7503 now^H6258 thine hand.^H3027 And the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 stood^H5975 by^H5973 the threshingfloor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite.^H2983

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1Ch 21:16 - And^H5375^➔ David^H1732 lifted up^➔^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and saw^H7200 the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 stand^H5975 between^H996 the earth^H776 and^H996 the heaven,^H8064 having^H8025^➔ a^H2719^➔ drawn^➔^H8025 sword^➔^H2719 in his hand^H3027 stretched out^H5186 over^H5921 Jerusalem.^H3389 Then^H5307^➔ David^H1732 and the elders^H2205 of Israel, who were clothed^H3680 in sackcloth,^H8242 fell^➔^H5307 upon^H5921 their faces.^H6440

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1Ch 21:17 - And^H559^➔ David^H1732 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 God,^H430 Is it not^H3808 I^H589 that commanded^H559 the people^H5971 to be numbered?^H4487 even I^H589 it is^H1931 that^H834 have sinned^H2398 and^H7489^➔ done evil^H7489 indeed;^➔^H7489 but as for these^H428 sheep,^H6629 what^H4100 have they done?^H6213 let^H1961^➔ thine hand,^H3027 I pray thee,^H4994 O LORD^H3068 my God,^H430 be^➔^H1961 on me, and on^H1004^➔ my father's^H1 house;^➔^H1004 but^H5971^➔ not^H3808 on thy people,^➔^H5971 that they should be plagued.^H4046

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1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 commanded^H559 Gad^H1410 to say^H559 to David,^H1732 that^H3588 David^H1732 should go up,^H5927 and set up^H6965 an altar^H4196 unto the LORD^H3068 in the threshingfloor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite.^H2983

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1Ch 21:19 - And^H5927^➔ David^H1732 went up^➔^H5927 at the saying^H1697 of Gad,^H1410 which^H834 he spake^H1696 in the name^H8034 of the LORD.^H3068

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1Ch 21:20 - And^H7725^➔ Ornan^H771 turned back,^➔^H7725 and saw^H7200 the angel;^H4397 and^H702^➔ his^H1121^➔ four^➔^H702 sons^➔^H1121 with him^H5973 hid themselves.^H2244 Now Ornan^H771 was threshing^H1758 wheat.^H2406

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1Ch 21:21 - And as^H935^➔ David^H1732 came^➔^H935 to^H5704 Ornan,^H771 Ornan^H771 looked^H5027 and saw^H7200 David,^H1732 and went^H3318 out^H4480 of the threshingfloor,^H1637 and bowed himself^H7812 to David^H1732 with his face^H639 to the ground.^H776

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1Ch 21:22 - Then^H559^➔ David^H1732 said^➔^H559 to^H413 Ornan,^H771 Grant^H5414 me the^H1637^➔ place^H4725 of^➔^H1637^➔ this threshingfloor,^➔^H1637 that I may build^H1129 an altar^H4196 therein unto the LORD:^H3068 thou shalt grant it^H5414 me^H589 for the^H3701^➔ full^H4392 price:^➔^H3701 that^H6113^➔ the plague^H4046 may be stayed^➔^H6113 from^H5921 the people.^H5971

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1Ch 21:23 - And^H559^➔ Ornan^H771 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 David,^H1732 Take^H3947 it to thee, and let^H6213^➔ my lord^H113 the king^H4428 do^➔^H6213 that which is good^H2896 in his eyes:^H5869 lo,^H7200 I give^H5414 thee the oxen^H1241 also for burnt offerings,^H5930 and the threshing instruments^H4173 for wood,^H6086 and the wheat^H2406 for the meat offering;^H4503 I give it^H5414 all.^H3605

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1Ch 21:24 - And^H559^➔ king^H4428 David^H1732 said^➔^H559 to Ornan,^H771 Nay;^H3808 but^H3588 I will^H7069^➔ verily^H7069 buy it^➔^H7069 for the^H3701^➔ full^H4392 price:^➔^H3701 for^H3588 I will^H5375^➔ not^H3808 take^➔^H5375 that which^H834 is thine for the LORD,^H3068 nor offer^H5927 burnt offerings^H5930 without cost.^H2600

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1Ch 21:25 - So^H5414^➔ David^H1732 gave^➔^H5414 to Ornan^H771 for the place^H4725 six^H8337 hundred^H3967 shekels^H8255 of gold^H2091 by weight.^H4948

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1Ch 21:26 - And^H1129^➔ David^H1732 built^➔^H1129 there^H8033 an altar^H4196 unto the LORD,^H3068 and offered^H5927 burnt offerings^H5930 and peace offerings,^H8002 and called^H7121 upon^H413 the LORD;^H3068 and he answered him^H6030 from^H4480 heaven^H8064 by fire^H784 upon^H5921 the^H5930^➔ altar^H4196 of burnt offering.^➔^H5930

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1Ch 21:27 - And^H559^➔ the LORD^H3068 commanded^➔^H559 the angel;^H4397 and he put up^H7725^➔ his sword^H2719 again^➔^H7725 into^H413 the sheath thereof.^H5084

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1Ch 21:28 - At^H6256^➔ that^H1931 time^➔^H6256 when^H7200^➔ David^H1732 saw^➔^H7200 that^H3588 the LORD^H3068 had answered him^H6030 in the threshingfloor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite,^H2983 then he sacrificed^H2076 there.^H8033

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1Ch 21:29 - For the tabernacle^H4908 of the LORD,^H3068 which^H834 Moses^H4872 made^H6213 in the wilderness,^H4057 and the altar^H4196 of the burnt offering,^H5930 were at^H6256^➔ that^H1931 season^➔^H6256 in the high place^H1116 at Gibeon.^H1391

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1Ch 21:30 - But^H3808^➔ David^H1732 could^H3201 not^➔^H3808 go^H3212 before it^H6440 to enquire^H1875 of God:^H430 for^H3588 he was afraid^H1204 because of^H6440 the sword^H2719 of the angel^H4397 of the LORD.^H3068

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