Day 141, 21 May 2026



1) 2 Samuel 24:1-9, 1 Chronicles 21:1-6, 2 Samuel 24:10-17,

1 Chronicles 21:7-17, 2 Samuel 24:18-25, 1 Chronicles 21:18-30,

1 Chronicles 22 , Psalms 30



2 Samuel 24

David's Census of Israel and Judah

1Ch 21:1-17

1 (1Ch 27:23-24; 21:1) Again the Lord became angry against Israel,

and He incited David against them, saying,

"Go and count the people of Israel and Judah."

2 (2Sa 3:10; Jdg 20:1) The king said to Joab the commander of the army

who was with him, "Go throughout all of the tribes of Israel,

from Dan to Beersheba, and muster the people so that I may know

the number of the people."

3 (Dt 1:11) Joab said to the king, "May the Lord your God add to the people

however many they are one hundred times over in the sight of my lord the king.

But why does my lord the king so desire this thing?"

4 However, the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders

of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out

from before the king to register the people of Israel.

5 (Dt 2:36; Jos 13:9) They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer,

south of the city, in the middle of the ravine of Gad toward Jazer.

6 (Jos 19:28) They went toward Gilead to the land of Tahtim Hodshi.

Then they went toward Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.

7 (Jos 19:29; 11:3) They went to the fortress of Tyre and all of the towns

of the Hivites and Canaanites. They went to the Negev and Beersheba.

8 They went throughout the entire land, and after nine months

and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

9 Joab gave the count of the census of the people to the king.

There were 800 000 capable men who could draw

a sword in Israel, and the men of Judah were 500 000.



[1] And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved

David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

[2] For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him,

Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and

number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

[3] And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people,

how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the

king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

[4] 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.

[5] And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of

the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

[6] Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they

came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,

[7] And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the

Hibites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah,

even to Beer-sheba.

[8] So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at

the end of nine months and twenty days.

[9] 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.



1 Chronicles 21



The Census of Israel and Judah



2Sa 24:1-25



1 (Job 1:6-12; 2:1) Now Satan stood against Israel

and incited David to number Israel.

2 (1Ch 27:23-24)Then David said to Joab and the leaders of the people,

"Go count Israel from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report,

that I may know their number."

3 But Joab said, "May the Lord increase the number of His people

one hundred times more. My lord the king, are not all of them my lord's

servants? Why then should my lord require this?

Why should it bring guilt on Israel?"

4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab, so Joab departed

and went throughout all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

5 (2Sa 24:9) Joab gave the results of the census of the people to David:

All Israel had 1 100 000 men who drew the sword,

and in Judah 470000 men drew the sword.

6 However, he did not include the Levites and Benjamin

because the word of the king was abhorrent to Joab.



A Cause of Trespass



1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel

from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me,

that I may know it.

3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more

as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?

why then doth my lord require this thing?

why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed,

and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.

And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men

that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men

that drew sword.

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them:

for the king's word was abominable to Joab.



2 Samuel 24



Judgment for David's Sin



10 (2Sa 12:13; 1Sa 13:13; 24:5) Now the heart of David struck him

after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord,

"I have sinned greatly by what I have done. Now may the Lord

take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have behaved very foolishly."

11 (1Sa 9:9; 22:5) When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord

came to the prophet Gad, the seer for David, saying,

12 "Go and speak to David: Thus says the Lord: Three options

I am laying before you. Choose for yourself one of them,

and I will do this to you."

13 (1Ch 21:12; Lev 26:25) So Gad came to David and told him. He said to him,

"Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land?

Or shall you flee three months before your enemies while they pursue you?

Or shall there be three days of plague in your land?

Now consider and advise what answer I shall return to Him who sent me."

14 (Ps 51:1; 119:156) David said to Gad, "I am very distressed. Let us fall

by the hand of the Lord, for His mercy is great. May I not fall

by the hand of man."

15 (1Ch 21:14; 27:24) So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning

until the appointed time. Seventy thousand men from the people died,

from Dan to Beersheba.

16 (Ge 6:6; Ex 12:23) When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem

to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity. He said to the angel

who was annihilating the people, "Enough! Now stay your hand."

The angel of the Lord was at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 (Ps 74:1; 2Sa 24:10) On seeing the angel who was striking down the people,

David said to the Lord, "I am the one who has sinned

and I am the one who has done wrong. These sheep, what have they done?

Please, let your hand be against me and against the house of my father."



[10] 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.

[11] For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto

the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

[12] 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.

[13] 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.

[14] 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.

[15] 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 Beer-sheba

seventy thousand men.

[16] 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 Araunah the Jebusite.

[17] 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.



1 Chronicles 21



7 Now this thing was evil in the sight of God, and He struck Israel.

8 (2Sa 12:1) 3So David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in doing

this thing. Now, please, take away the iniquity of your servant,

for I have acted very foolishly."

9 (1Sa 9:9; 1Ch 29:29) And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

10 "Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the Lord: Three things I offer you;

choose one of these for yourself that I may do to you.'"

11 So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord,

'Select for yourself, 12either three years of famine, or three months

of being swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemy

overtakes you, or three days of the sword of the Lord, even pestilence

in the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout

all the territory of Israel.' Now then consider what answer

I shall return to Him who sent me."

13 (Ps 130:7; 86:15) David replied to Gad, "I am in great distress.

Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are very great,

but do not let me fall into the hand of man."

14 So the Lord sent a plague throughout Israel, and 70000 men of Israel fell.

15 (Ge 6:6; Ex 32:14) And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it,

but as he prepared to destroy it, the Lord looked and relented

from the calamity. And He said to the angel bringing the destruction,

"It is enough. Remove your hand." The angel of the Lord was then standing

by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

16 (Nu 14:5; 1Ki 21:27) David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord

standing between earth and heaven with his sword drawn in his hand stretched

out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, covered in sackcloth,

fell on their faces.

17 David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to number the people?

I am the one who has sinned and surely done evil. But these sheep,

what have they done? O Lord my God, I pray, let Your hand be against me

and my father's house, but do not let Your people be plagued."



7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this

thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I

have done very foolishly.

9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:

choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

12 either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes,

while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days

the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel

of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore

advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into

the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall

into the hand of man.

14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel

seventy thousand men.

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was

destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil,

and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.

And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between

the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched

out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed

in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be

numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for

these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee,

O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house;

but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.