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Notwithstanding 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.
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And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the rivera of Gad, and toward Jazer:
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Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi;b and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
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And 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.
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So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
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Go 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.
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So 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.
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And 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.
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So 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.
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And 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 Araunahc the Jebusite.
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And 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.
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And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunahd the Jebusite.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Samuel 24:4
Sin embargo, la palabra del rey prevaleció contra Joab y contra los jefes del ejército. Salieron, pues, Joab y los jefes del ejército de la presencia del rey para hacer el censo del pueblo de Israel.
English Standard Version ESV
2 Samuel 24:4
But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Samuel 24:4
Pero la palabra del rey pudo más que Joab, y que los capitanes del ejército. Salió, pues, Joab, con los capitanes del ejército, de delante del rey, para ir a contar el pueblo de Israel
New King James Version NKJV
2 Samuel 24:4
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Samuel 24:4
Sin embargo, el rey insistió en que levantaran el censo, así que Joab y los comandantes del ejército salieron y contaron al pueblo de Israel.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Samuel 24:4
Sin embargo, la orden del rey prevaleció sobre la opinión de Joab y de los capitanes del ejército, de modo que salieron de su audiencia con el rey para llevar a cabo el censo militar de Israel.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Samuel 24:4
Empero la palabra del rey pudo más que Joab, y que los capitanes del ejército. Salió pues Joab, con los capitanes del ejército, de delante del rey, para contar el pueblo de Israel.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Samuel 24:4
Pero la palabra del rey pudo más que Joab, y que los capitanes del ejército. Salió, pues , Joab, con los capitanes del ejército, de delante del rey, para ir a contar el pueblo de Israel.
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Samuel 24:4-25
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