The Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 24שמואל ב 24

וַיֹּ֨סֶף֙ אַף יְהוָ֔ה לַחֲר֖וֹת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֨סֶת אֶת דָּוִ֤ד בָּהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֵ֛ךְ מְנֵ֥ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת יְהוּדָֽה

And again the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל יוֹאָ֣ב שַׂר הַחַ֣יִל אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗וֹ שֽׁוּט נָ֞א בְּכָל שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִדָּן֙ וְעַד בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע וּפִקְד֖וּ אֶת הָעָ֑ם וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י אֵ֖ת מִסְפַּ֥ר הָעָֽם

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the number of the people.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹאָ֜ב אֶל הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְיוֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ אֶל הָעָ֜ם כָּהֵ֤ם וְכָהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים וְעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ רֹא֑וֹת וַאדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֥מָּה חָפֵ֖ץ בַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה

And Joab said to the king, Now YHWH your God add to the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see : but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק דְּבַר הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶל יוֹאָ֔ב וְעַ֖ל שָׂרֵ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל וַיֵּצֵ֨א יוֹאָ֜ב וְשָׂרֵ֤י הַחַ֨יִל֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לִפְקֹ֥ד אֶת הָעָ֖ם אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בַעֲרוֹעֵ֗ר יְמִ֥ין הָעִ֛יר אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּתוֹךְ הַנַּ֥חַל הַגָּ֖ד וְאֶל יַעְזֵֽר

And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה וְאֶל אֶ֥רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֖ים חָדְשִׁ֑י וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ דָּ֣נָה יַּ֔עַן וְסָבִ֖יב אֶל צִידֽוֹן

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ מִבְצַר צֹ֔ר וְכָל עָרֵ֥י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ אֶל נֶ֥גֶב יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ בְּכָל הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ מִקְצֵ֨ה תִשְׁעָ֧ה חֳדָשִׁ֛ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים י֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד הָעָ֖ם אֶל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַתְּהִ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ חַ֨יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

וַיַּ֤ךְ לֵב דָּוִד֙ אֹת֔וֹ אַחֲרֵי כֵ֖ן סָפַ֣ר אֶת הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל יְהוָ֗ה חָטָ֤אתִי מְאֹד֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי וְעַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הַֽעֲבֶר נָא֙ אֶת עֲוֺ֣ן עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּ֥י נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי מְאֹֽד

And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said to YHWH, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech you, O YHWH, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

וַיָּ֥קָם דָּוִ֖ד בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וּדְבַר יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל גָּ֣ד הַנָּבִ֔יא חֹזֵ֥ה דָוִ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר

For when David was up in the morning, the word of YHWH came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

הָל֞וֹךְ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אֶל דָּוִ֗ד כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׁלֹ֕שׁ אָנֹכִ֖י נוֹטֵ֣ל עָלֶ֑יךָ בְּחַר לְךָ֥ אַֽחַת מֵהֶ֖ם וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָּֽךְ

Go and say to David, Thus says YHWH, I offer you three ; choose you one of them, that I may to you.

וַיָּבֹא גָ֥ד אֶל דָּוִ֖ד וַיַּגֶּד ל֑וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֡וֹ הֲתָב֣וֹא לְךָ֣ שֶֽׁבַע שָׁנִ֣ים רָעָ֣ב בְּאַרְצֶ֡ךָ אִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳ֠דָשִׁים נֻסְךָ֨ לִפְנֵֽי צָרֶ֜יךָ וְה֣וּא רֹדְפֶ֗ךָ וְאִם הֱ֠יוֹת שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֥ים דֶּ֨בֶר֙ בְּאַרְצֶ֔ךָ עַתָּה֙ דַּ֣ע וּרְאֵ֔ה מָה אָשִׁ֥יב שֹׁלְחִ֖י דָּבָֽר

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or that there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אֶל גָּ֖ד צַר לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד נִפְּלָה נָּ֤א בְיַד יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי רַבִּ֣ים רחמו רַֽחֲמָ֔יו וּבְיַד אָדָ֖ם אַל אֶפֹּֽלָה

And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of YHWH; for his mercies great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה דֶּ֨בֶר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵהַבֹּ֖קֶר וְעַד עֵ֣ת מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיָּ֣מָת מִן הָעָ֗ם מִדָּן֙ וְעַד בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ

So YHWH sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ יָד֨וֹ הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒ וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם יְהוָה֙ אֶל הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וַ֠יֹּאמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִ֤ית בָּעָם֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ הָיָ֔ה עִם גֹּ֖רֶן האורנה הָאֲרַ֥וְנָה הַיְבֻסִֽי

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, YHWH repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now your hand. And the angel of YHWH was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶל יְהוָ֜ה בִּרְאֹת֣וֹ אֶֽת הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ הַמַּכֶּ֣ה בָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י חָטָ֨אתִי֙ וְאָנֹכִ֣י הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִי וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַצֹּ֖אן מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א יָדְךָ֛ בִּ֖י וּבְבֵ֥ית אָבִֽי

And David spake to YHWH when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father's house.

וַיָּבֹא גָ֥ד אֶל דָּוִ֖ד בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ עֲלֵה֙ הָקֵ֤ם לַֽיהוָה֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בְּגֹ֖רֶן ארניה אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַיְבֻסִֽי

And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to YHWH in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

וַיַּ֤עַל דָּוִד֙ כִּדְבַר גָּ֔ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as YHWH commanded.

וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף אֲרַ֗וְנָה וַיַּ֤רְא אֶת הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְאֶת עֲבָדָ֔יו עֹבְרִ֖ים עָלָ֑יו וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֲרַ֔וְנָה וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אַפָּ֖יו אָֽרְצָה

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲרַ֔וְנָה מַדּ֛וּעַ בָּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לִקְנ֧וֹת מֵעִמְּךָ֣ אֶת הַגֹּ֗רֶן לִבְנ֤וֹת מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of you, to build an altar to YHWH, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲרַ֨וְנָה֙ אֶל דָּוִ֔ד יִקַּ֥ח וְיַ֛עַל אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַטּ֣וֹב בעינו בְּעֵינָ֑יו רְאֵה֙ הַבָּקָ֣ר לָעֹלָ֔ה וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛ים וּכְלֵ֥י הַבָּקָ֖ר לָעֵצִֽים

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what good to him: behold, oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and instruments of the oxen for wood.

הַכֹּ֗ל נָתַ֛ן אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲרַ֨וְנָה֙ אֶל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִרְצֶֽךָ

All these did Araunah, a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, YHWH your God accept you.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל אֲרַ֗וְנָה לֹ֚א כִּֽי קָנ֨וֹ אֶקְנֶ֤ה מֵאֽוֹתְךָ֙ בִּמְחִ֔יר וְלֹ֧א אַעֲלֶ֛ה לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י עֹל֣וֹת חִנָּ֑ם וַיִּ֨קֶן דָּוִ֤ד אֶת הַגֹּ֨רֶן֙ וְאֶת הַבָּקָ֔ר בְּכֶ֖סֶף שְׁקָלִ֥ים חֲמִשִּֽׁים

And the king said to Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to YHWH my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

וַיִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤ד מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַל עֹל֖וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And David built there an altar to YHWH, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So YHWH was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.