2 Samuel 24:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

So that morning, the Lord sent an angel to spread a horrible disease everywhere in Israel, from Dan to Beersheba. And before it was over, 70,000 people had died. When the angel was about to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord felt sorry for all the suffering he had caused and told the angel, “That's enough! Don't touch them.” This happened at the threshing place that belonged to Araunah the Jebusite.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:14

So the Lord sent a horrible disease on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died.

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count the people, but he stopped when the Lord began punishing Israel. So the total number was never included in David's official records.

Revelation 6:8

Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death's Kingdom followed close behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.

Matthew 24:7

Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. People will starve to death, and in some places there will be earthquakes.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord sent an angel to the camp of the Assyrians, and he killed 185,000 of them all in one night. The next morning, the camp was full of dead bodies.

1 Chronicles 27:4

in the second month, Dodai the Ahohite, whose assistant was Mikloth;

1 Samuel 6:19

Some of the men of Beth-Shemesh looked inside the sacred chest, and the Lord God killed 70 of them. This made the people of Beth-Shemesh very sad,

Numbers 25:9

but 24,000 Israelites had already died.

2 Samuel 24:2

So David told Joab and the army officers, “Go to every tribe in Israel, from the town of Dan in the north all the way south to Beersheba, and count everyone who can serve in the army. I want to know how many there are.”

Habakkuk 3:2

I know your reputation, Lord, and I am amazed at what you have done. Please turn from your anger and be merciful; do for us what you did for our ancestors.