1 Chronicles 21:11-13

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹¹ So Gad came to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says. Choose one of these for yourself: ¹² either three years of famine, or three months of devastation in which you are overwhelmed by the sword of your enemies, or three days of the sword of the Lord bringing plague on the land, with the angel of the Lord causing destruction throughout all the territory of Israel. Now decide what answer I should take back to the one who sent me with this directive.”

¹³ David said to Gad, “This puts me in a difficult position. Please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, because his compassion is very great. But do not let me fall into the hands of man.”