2 Samuel 24:12

New Living Translation

“Go and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.”

2 Samuel 24:11

The next morning the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message:

2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three years of famine throughout your land, three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and decide what answer I should give the Lord who sent me.”

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David’s official records.

Proverbs 3:12

For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I am with you and will save you,” says the Lord. “I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

Leviticus 26:41

When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.

Leviticus 26:43

For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees.

Revelation 3:19

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.