2 Samuel 24 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And again the displeasure of יהוה  burned against Yisra’ĕ

² And the sovereign said to Yo’aḇ

³ And Yo’aḇ

⁴ However, the sovereign’s word prevailed against Yo’aḇ

⁵ And they passed over the Yardĕ

⁶ Then they came to Gilʽ

⁷ And they came to the stronghold of Tsor and to all the cities of the Ḥ

⁸ And when they had gone through all the land, they came to Yerushalayim at the end of nine months and twenty days.

⁹ And Yo’aḇ

¹⁰ And the heart of Dawiḏ

¹¹ And Dawiḏ

¹² “Go, and you shall speak to Dawiḏ

¹³ Gaḏ

¹⁴ And Dawiḏ

¹⁵ And יהוה  sent a plague upon Yisra’ĕ

¹⁶ And the messenger stretched out His hand over Yerushalayim to destroy it, and יהוה  relented concerning the evil, and said to the messenger who was destroying the people, “It is enough, now stop Your hand.” And the messenger of יהוה  was by the threshing-floor of Arawnah the Yeḇ

¹⁷ And Dawiḏ

¹⁸ And Gaḏ

¹⁹ And Dawiḏ

²⁰ And Arawnah looked and saw the sovereign and his servants coming toward him. And Arawnah went out and bowed before the sovereign with his face to the ground.

²¹ And Arawnah said, “Why has my master the sovereign come to his servant?” And Dawiḏ

²² And Arawnah said to Dawiḏ

²³ “All these, O sovereign, Arawnah has given to the sovereign.” And Arawnah said to the sovereign, “יהוה  your Elohim accept you!”

²⁴ And the sovereign said to Arawnah, “No, let me buy it from you for a price, for certain. I am not offering burnt offerings to יהוה  my Elohim without cost.” So Dawiḏ

²⁵ And Dawiḏ