11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Take to thee,

12 Either three years famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries, and the sword of thine enemies [a]to take thee, or else the sword of the Lord and pestilence in the land three days, that the Angel of the Lord may destroy throughout all the coasts of Israel: now therefore advise thee, what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a wonderful strait, let me now fall into the hand of the Lord: for his mercies are exceedingly great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:12 Or, smite thee.

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