2 Samuel 24
- 1And again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
- 2For the king said to Joab the commander of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the number of the people.
- 3And Joab said to the king, Now the Lord your God add to the people, however many they be, a hundred times as much, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
- 4But the king's word won out over Joab and over the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
- 5And they passed over Jordan, and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies in the middle of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
- 6Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi. They came to Danjaan, and about to Sidon,
- 7And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
- 8So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
- 9And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand brave men who drew the sword. The men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- 10And David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I urge you, O Lord, take away the wrongdoing of your servant. For I have done very foolishly.
- 11For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
- 12Go and say to David, The Lord says this, I offer you three things. Choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
- 13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or that there be three days' plague in your land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 14And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord. For his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
- 15So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
- 16And when the angel stretched out his hand on Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 17And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel that struck the people, and said I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father's house.
- 18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 19And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
- 20And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face on the ground.
- 21And Araunah said, Therefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
- 22And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
- 23All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The Lord your God accept you.
- 24And the king said to Araunah, No. But I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.
- 25And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord granted the plea for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Samuel 24 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
GIGAKJVAnd again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
KJVFor the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
GIGAKJVFor the king said to Joab the commander of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the number of the people.
KJVAnd Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
GIGAKJVAnd Joab said to the king, Now the Lord your God add to the people, however many they be, a hundred times as much, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
KJVNotwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
GIGAKJVBut the king's word won out over Joab and over the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
KJVAnd they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
GIGAKJVAnd they passed over Jordan, and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies in the middle of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
KJVThen they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
GIGAKJVThen they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi. They came to Danjaan, and about to Sidon,
KJVAnd Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
GIGAKJVAnd Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand brave men who drew the sword. The men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
KJVAnd David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
GIGAKJVAnd David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I urge you, O Lord, take away the wrongdoing of your servant. For I have done very foolishly.
KJVFor when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
GIGAKJVFor when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
KJVGo and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
GIGAKJVGo and say to David, The Lord says this, I offer you three things. Choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
KJVSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
GIGAKJVSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or that there be three days' plague in your land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
KJVAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
GIGAKJVAnd David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord. For his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
KJVSo the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
GIGAKJVSo the Lord sent a plague on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
KJVAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
GIGAKJVAnd when the angel stretched out his hand on Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
KJVAnd David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
GIGAKJVAnd David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel that struck the people, and said I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father's house.
KJVAnd Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
GIGAKJVAnd Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
KJVAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
GIGAKJVAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face on the ground.
KJVAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
GIGAKJVAnd Araunah said, Therefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
KJVAnd Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
GIGAKJVAnd Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
KJVAll these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
GIGAKJVAll these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The Lord your God accept you.
KJVAnd the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
GIGAKJVAnd the king said to Araunah, No. But I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.
KJVAnd David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord granted the plea for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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