“And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
2 Samuel 24:1 - The Scriptures 1998 And again the displeasure of יהוה burned against Yisra’ĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AGAIN THE anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. American Standard Version (1901) And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. Common English Bible The LORD burned with anger against Israel again, and he incited David against them: Go and count the people of Israel and Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version And the fury of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and he stirred up David among them, saying: "Go, number Israel and Judah." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the anger of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and stirred up David among them, saying: Go, number Israel and Juda. |
“And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
“And you, you intended evil against me, but Elohim intended it for good, in order to do it as it is this day, to keep a great many people alive.
“Thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am raising up evil against you, from your own house, and shall take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbour, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
And the sovereign said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Tseruyah? For let him curse, even because יהוה has said to him, ‘Curse Dawiḏ
And Sovereign Yehoram went out of Shomeron at that time and mustered all Yisra’ĕ
“But I am going to harden the heart of Pharaoh, and shall increase My signs and My wonders in the land of Mitsrayim.
“And if the prophet is deceived, and shall speak a word, I יהוה have deceived that prophet, and shall stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from the midst of My people Yisra’ĕ
“And I also gave them up to laws that were not good, and right-rulings by which they would not live.
As יהוה commanded Mosheh, so he registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood,
“And now, please, let my master the sovereign hear the words of his servant: If יהוה has moved you against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, then they are cursed before יהוה, for they have driven me out today that I should not join myself to the inheritance of יהוה, saying, ‘Go, serve other mighty ones.’