1 Chronicles 19 ~ 21

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19:1And after this Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place. Compare
19:2And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him. Compare
19:3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Do you really think that David is honoring your father just because he sent to you some men to comfort you? Have not his servants come to you in order to search out and to overthrow and to spy on the land? Compare
19:4So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut away half their garments at the hips, and he sent them away. Compare
19:5Now when they went and told David about the men, he sent some to meet them, for the men were very ashamed. And the king said, Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back, then return. Compare
19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia and from the Syrians of Maacah and from Zobah. Compare
19:7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to the battle. Compare
19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of mighty men. Compare
19:9And the children of Ammon went forth and set the battle in array at the entrance of the city, but the kings who had come were alone in the field. Compare
19:10Now when Joab saw that there were battle lines against him before and behind, he chose some of the choice men in Israel and set them in array against the Syrians. Compare
19:11And the rest of the people he put under the charge of Abishai his brother, and they arrayed themselves against the children of Ammon. Compare
19:12And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; and if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you. Compare
19:13Be strong and let us be bold for the sake of our people and for the sake of the cities of our God, and may Jehovah do what seems good in His sight. Compare
19:14So Joab and the people who were with him approached the battle against the Syrians, and the Syrians fled before him. Compare
19:15And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abishai his brother and entered the city. And Joab entered Jerusalem. Compare
19:16Now when the Syrians saw that they had been routed before Israel, they sent messengers and brought forth the Syrians who were beyond the River with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer before them. Compare
19:17And it was told David, and he gathered all Israel together and passed over the Jordan and came to them and set his men in array against them. When David set his men in array to meet the Syrians in battle, they fought with him. Compare
19:18And the Syrians fled before Israel. And David slew seven thousand charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand footmen, and he put Shophach the captain of the army to death. Compare
19:19And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed before Israel, they made peace with David and served him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the children of Ammon anymore. Compare
20:1Then at the time of the turn of the year, at the time when kings go forth to battle, Joab led the army and devastated the land of the children of Ammon. And he went and besieged Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. Compare
20:2And David took the crown of their king from off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was put upon David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount. Compare
20:3And he brought out the people who were in it and hewed them with saws and iron cutting tools and axes, and thus did David do to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Compare
20:4Then after this a war arose with the Philistines at Gezer; and Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, one of the children of the giants; and they were subdued. Compare
20:5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. Compare
20:6And again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all; and he also had been born to the giant. Compare
20:7And he defied Israel; and Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him. Compare
20:8These had been born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hands of his servants. Compare
21:1And Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. Compare
21:2And David said to Joab and to the captains of the people, Go and count Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring the results to me, that I may know their number. Compare
21:3And Joab said, May Jehovah add to His people a hundred times as many as they are. But, O my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord request this? Why should he become a cause of guilt to Israel? Compare
21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed over Joab, and Joab went forth and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. Compare
21:5And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew the sword. Compare
21:6But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's word was abhorrent to Joab. Compare
21:7And this matter displeased God, and He struck Israel. Compare
21:8And David said to God, I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing; but now put away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly. Compare
21:9And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, Compare
21:10Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, that I may do it to you. Compare
21:11So Gad went to David and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Take for yourself Compare
21:12Either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your adversaries, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or three days of the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the territory of Israel. And now see what word I should return to Him who sent me. Compare
21:13And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait; let me fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His compassions are very great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man. Compare
21:14So Jehovah sent a pestilence in Israel, and seventy thousand people of Israel fell. Compare
21:15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was destroying it, Jehovah saw and repented of the harm. And He said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now hold back your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Compare
21:16And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces. Compare
21:17And David said to God, Was it not I who ordered the numbering of the people? And it is I who have sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O Jehovah my God, let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against the house of my father, but not against Your people that they should be plagued. Compare
21:18And the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise up an altar to Jehovah on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Compare
21:19And David went up at Gad's word, which he spoke in the name of Jehovah. Compare
21:20And Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves; and Ornan was threshing wheat. Compare
21:21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. And he went forth from the threshing floor and bowed down to David with his face to the ground. Compare
21:22And David said to Ornan, Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to Jehovah. For the full price you shall give it to me, that the plague may be stayed from the people. Compare
21:23And Ornan said to David, Take it; and may my lord the king do whatever seems good in his sight. Look, I have given the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing instruments for the wood and the wheat for the meal offering-all this I give. Compare
21:24But King David said to Ornan, No; but I will surely buy it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for Jehovah and offer up burnt offerings that cost me nothing. Compare
21:25So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site. Compare
21:26And there David built an altar to Jehovah, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called on Jehovah, and He answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. Compare
21:27And Jehovah commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath. Compare
21:28At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. Compare
21:29And the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering at that time were in the high place at Gibeon. Compare
21:30And David was not able to go before it to inquire of God because he was terrified of the sword of the angel of Jehovah. Compare

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