2 Samuel 24:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ David said to Gad, “I am in ·great [deep] ·trouble [distress]. Let ·the Lord punish us [^Lus fall into the hands of the Lord], because ·the Lord is very merciful [^Lhis mercy is great]. Don’t let ·my punishment come from human beings [^Lme fall into human hands]!”

¹⁵ So the Lord sent a ·terrible disease [epidemic; pestilence; plague] on Israel. It began in the morning and continued until the ·chosen time to stop [appointed time]. From Dan to Beersheba [^Cfrom the far north and the far south of Israel] seventy thousand people died. ¹⁶ When the angel raised his ·arm [^Lhand] toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord ·felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened [relented about the calamity/disaster]. He said to the angel who was ·destroying [afflicting] the people, “That is enough! ·Put down [Stay; Withdraw] your ·arm [^Lhand]!” The angel of the Lord was ·then [at that moment] by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.