2 Samuel 24:13

New Century Version

So Gad went to David and said to him, “Should three years of hunger come to you and your land? Or should your enemies chase you for three months? Or should there be three days of disease in your land? Think about it. Then decide which of these things I should tell the Lord who sent me.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 24:12

The Lord told Gad, “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I offer you three choices. Choose one of them and I will do it to you.’ ”

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. He said, “Get up and go with your family. Stay any place you can, because the Lord has called for a time without food that will last seven years.”

1 Chronicles 21:12

three years of hunger. Or choose three months of running from your enemies as they chase you with their swords. Or choose three days of punishment from the Lord, in which a terrible disease will spread through the country. The angel of the Lord will go through Israel destroying the people.’ Now, David, decide which of these things I should tell the Lord who sent me.”

Psalm 91:6

You will not be afraid of diseases that come in the dark or sickness that strikes at noon.

Exodus 7:25

Seven days passed after the Lord changed the Nile River.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Human, if the people of a country sin against me by not being loyal, I will use my power against them. I will cut off their supply of food and send a time of hunger, destroying both people and animals.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not grow any crops, and your trees will not give their fruit.

Leviticus 26:25

You broke my agreement, and I will punish you. I will bring armies against you, and if you go into your cities for safety, I will cause diseases to spread among you so that your enemy will defeat you.

Luke 4:25

But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. It did not rain in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was no food anywhere in the whole country.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will punish you with disease, fever, swelling, heat, lack of rain, plant diseases, and mildew until you die.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will help your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in seven directions. And you will become a thing of horror among all the kingdoms on earth.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will punish you with boils like those the Egyptians had. You will have bad growths, sores, and itches that can’t be cured.

Deuteronomy 28:35

The Lord will give you sore boils on your knees and legs that cannot be cured, and they will go from the soles of your feet to the tops of your heads.

Deuteronomy 28:52

That nation will surround and attack all your cities. You trust in your high, strong walls, but they will fall down. That nation will surround all your cities everywhere in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think about it, and decide what you can do. Terrible trouble is coming to our master and all his family. Nabal is such a wicked man that no one can even talk to him.”