2Sa 24:13 | TNotes | STEP | 24:13 David had already experienced the first two options—fleeing from Saul and Absalom, and famine because Saul had murdered the Gibeonites (21:1 ). While three days of severe plague sounded less traumatic, 70,000 people perished (24:15 ).

‏ 2 Samuel 24:13

24:13 ^a David had already experienced the first two options—fleeing from Saul and Absalom, and famine because Saul had murdered the Gibeonites (21:1 ^b). While three days of severe plague sounded less traumatic, 70,000 people perished (24:15 ^c).