So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site. David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. . . . The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high p...  Read More

David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.David said to God, "Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted?...LORD my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people." Then the angel of...  Read More

David said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands."So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destro...  Read More

Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops. "Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan"...the king's command was repulsive to him. This command was also evil in the sight of God…Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done ...  Read More

Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, "Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are."But Joab replied, "May the LORD multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord's subjects? Why does my lord want to d...  Read More

"And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, "The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you."You, my God, have revealed to your servant that yo...  Read More