2 Samuel 24

Samuel 24:13-1513*So

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 as they pursue you? Or shall there be

three days of pestilence (plague) in your land? Now consider this

and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.” 14Then

David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the

hands of the Lord, for His mercies are great, but do not let me

fall into the hands of man 15So

the Lord sent a pestilence (plague) [lasting three days] upon

Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy

thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 16When

the [avenging] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to

destroy it, the Lord relented from the disaster and said to the

angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your

hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of

Araunah the Jebusite.