II Samuel 24:17
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
David sinfully ordered a census of Israel and Judah, and as punishment the LORD sent a plague that killed seventy thousand men before David interceded. David then purchased Araunah's threshing floor, built an altar there, and offered sacrifices to stop the plague.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Chronicles 21:16I Chronicles 21:17II Samuel 24:10Job 7:20Job 42:6Psalms 51:2Psalms 51:3Psalms 51:4Psalms 51:5Isaiah 6:5I Kings 22:17Psalms 44:11
Related verses (shared words)
Exodus 22:1I Chronicles 21:17John 10:12Nehemiah 1:6II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15