When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,
1 Chronicles 21:7 - New Revised Standard Version But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God was displeased with this [reliance on human resources], and He smote Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. Common English Bible God was offended by this census and punished Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel. |
When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”
Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
They buried the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of his father Kish; they did all that the king commanded. After that, God heeded supplications for the land.
Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.”
But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel; and seventy thousand persons fell in Israel.
But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
But the Israelites broke faith in regard to the devoted things: Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.
Proceed to sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “There are devoted things among you, O Israel; you will be unable to stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”
The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.