2Sa 24:12-15 | NASB2020 | STEP | “Go and speak to David , ‘ This is what the Lord says : “I am imposing upon you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do it to you.”’”

2 Samuel 24:12-15

12 “Go and speak to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am imposing upon you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do it to you.”’” 13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall ^aseven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee for three months before your enemies while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ of plague in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.” 14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord, ^bfor His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

Plague Sent

15 So ^cthe Lord ^{▼▼Lit gave}sent a plague upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people ^efrom Dan to Beersheba died.