2 Samuel 24

1 Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people again, so he incited David to cause trouble for them. He said to David, “Send [some men] to count the people of Israel and Judah.”

and to add: again face: anger LORD to/for to be incensed in/on/with Israel and to incite [obj] David in/on/with them to/for to say to go: went to count [obj] Israel and [obj] Judah

2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go [with your officers] through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [city in the far north] to Beersheba [town in the far south], and count the people, in order that I may know how many people [there are who are able to be soldiers in the army].”

and to say [the] king to(wards) Joab ruler [the] strength: soldiers which with him to rove please in/on/with all tribe Israel from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba and to reckon: list [obj] [the] people and to know [obj] number [the] people

3 But Joab replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I wish/desire that Yahweh our God will cause there to be 100 times as many people [in Israel] as there are now, and I wish/desire that you would see that happen [before you die]. But why do you want us to do this?”

and to say Joab to(wards) [the] king and to add LORD God your to(wards) [the] people like/as them and like/as them hundred beat and eye lord my [the] king to see: see and lord my [the] king to/for what? to delight in in/on/with word: thing [the] this

4 But the king commanded Joab and his officers to do it. So they left the king and went out to count the people of Israel.

and to strengthen: prevail over word [the] king to(wards) Joab and upon ruler [the] strength: soldiers and to come out: come Joab and ruler [the] strength: soldiers to/for face: before [the] king to/for to reckon: list [obj] [the] people [obj] Israel

5 They crossed the Jordan [River] and set up their tents south of Aroer [town], in the middle of the valley, in the territory [that was given to the tribe] of Gad. From there they went [north] to Jazer [city]

and to pass [obj] [the] Jordan and to camp in/on/with Aroer right: south [the] city which in/on/with midst [the] torrent: valley [the] Gad and to(wards) Jazer

6 Then they went [north] to [the] Gilead [region] and to Kadesh [city], in the land where the Heth people-group lived. Then they went to Dan [city in the far north of Israel], and then further west, to Sidon [city near the Mediterranean Sea].

and to come (in): come [the] Gilead [to] and to(wards) land: country/planet Kadesh Kadesh and to come (in): come Dan [to] Jaan and around to(wards) Sidon

7 Then they went [south] to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people-groups live. Then they went [east] to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.

and to come (in): come fortification Tyre and all city [the] Hivite and [the] Canaanite and to come out: come to(wards) Negeb Judah Beersheba Beersheba

8 After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land [and counting the people], they returned to Jerusalem.

and to rove in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet and to come (in): come from end nine month and twenty day Jerusalem

9 They reported to the king the number of people that they had counted. There were 800,000 men in Israel and 500,000 men in Judah who were able to become soldiers in the army [MTY].

and to give: give Joab [obj] number appointment [the] people to(wards) [the] king and to be Israel eight hundred thousand man strength to draw sword and man Judah five hundred thousand man

10 But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted [IDM] that he had told them to do that. [One night] he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.”

and to smite heart David [obj] him after so to recount [obj] [the] people and to say David to(wards) LORD to sin much which to make: do and now LORD to pass: bring please [obj] iniquity: crime servant/slave your for be foolish much

11 When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,

and to arise: rise David in/on/with morning and word LORD to be to(wards) Gad [the] prophet seer David to/for to say

12 “Go and tell this to David: ‘I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.’”

to go: went and to speak: speak to(wards) David thus to say LORD three I to lift upon you to choose to/for you one from them and to make: do to/for you

13 So Gad went to David and told him [what Yahweh had said]. He said to David, “You can choose whether there will be three years of famine in your land, or three months of your [army] running away from your enemies, or three days when there will be a (plague/very severe illness) in your land. You think about it and choose [which one you want, and tell me], and I will return to Yahweh and tell him what your answer is.”

and to come (in): come Gad to(wards) David and to tell to/for him and to say to/for him to come (in): come to/for you seven year famine in/on/with land: country/planet your if: surely no three month to flee you to/for face: before enemy your and he/she/it to pursue you and if: surely no to be three day pestilence in/on/with land: country/planet your now to know and to see: select what? to return: return to send: depart me word: speaking

14 David said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”

and to say David to(wards) Gad distress to/for me much to fall: fall please in/on/with hand: power LORD for many (compassion his *Q(K)*) and in/on/with hand: power man not to fall: fall

15 So Yahweh sent a plague on the Israeli people. It started that morning and did not stop until the time that he had chosen/set. All over the land, from Dan to Beersheba, there were 70,000 Israelis who died [because of the plague].

and to give: give LORD pestilence in/on/with Israel from [the] morning and till time meeting: time appointed and to die from [the] people from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba seventy thousand man

16 When [Yahweh’s] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy [the people by this plague], Yahweh changed his mind about punishing [any more] people. He said to the angel who was killing them [with the plague], “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough!” [When he said that, ] the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain.

and to send: reach hand his [the] messenger: angel Jerusalem to/for to ruin her and to be sorry: relent LORD to(wards) [the] distress: harm and to say to/for messenger: angel [the] to ruin in/on/with people many now to slacken hand your and messenger: angel LORD to be with threshing floor ([the] Araunah *Q(K)*) [the] Jebusite

17 When David saw the angel who was causing the people to become sick and die, he said to Yahweh, “Truly, I am the one who has committed the sin. I have done a very wicked thing, but these people are [as innocent as] sheep [MET]. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So you should punish [IDM] me and my family, [not these people]!”

and to say David to(wards) LORD in/on/with to see: see he [obj] [the] messenger: angel [the] to smite in/on/with people and to say behold I ([the] to pasture *X*) to sin and I to pervert and these [the] flock what? to make: do to be please hand your in/on/with me and in/on/with house: household father my

18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up to the place where Araunah threshes grain, and build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.”

and to come (in): come Gad to(wards) David in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to say to/for him to ascend: rise to arise: raise to/for LORD altar in/on/with threshing floor (Araunah *Q(K)*) [the] Jebusite

19 So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, [and he went up there].

and to ascend: rise David like/as word Gad like/as as which to command LORD

20 When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king, with his face touching the ground.

and to look Araunah and to see: see [obj] [the] king and [obj] servant/slave his to pass upon him and to come out: come Araunah and to bow to/for king face his land: soil [to]

21 Araunah said, “Your Majesty, why have you come to me?” David replied, “[I have come] to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh [and offer sacrifices on it], in order that he will stop the plague.”

and to say Araunah why? to come (in): come lord my [the] king to(wards) servant/slave his and to say David to/for to buy from from with you [obj] [the] threshing floor to/for to build altar to/for LORD and to restrain [the] plague from upon [the] people

22 Araunah replied to David, “Your Majesty, offer to Yahweh whatever you wish/want. Here, take my oxen to use for the offering that will be completely burned on the altar. And here, take their yokes and the boards [that I use] for the threshing, [and use them] for the wood that you will burn.

and to say Araunah to(wards) David to take: take and to ascend: offer up lord my [the] king [the] pleasant (in/on/with eye: appearance his *Q(K)*) to see: behold! [the] cattle to/for burnt offering and [the] threshing sled and article/utensil [the] cattle to/for tree: wood

23 I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.”

[the] all to give: give Araunah [the] king to/for king and to say Araunah to(wards) [the] king LORD God your to accept you

24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift.] I will pay you for it. I will not take sacrifices that have cost me nothing, and offer them to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” So he paid 50 pieces of silver to Araunah for the oxen and the ground.

and to say [the] king to(wards) Araunah not for to buy to buy from [obj] you in/on/with price and not to ascend: offer up to/for LORD God my burnt offering for nothing and to buy David [obj] [the] threshing floor and [obj] [the] cattle in/on/with silver: money shekel fifty

25 Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered [the oxen] to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end.

and to build there David altar to/for LORD and to ascend: offer up burnt offering and peace offering and to pray LORD to/for land: country/planet and to restrain [the] plague from upon Israel