1 Chronicles 21:13

13 David replied to Gad, "I am in a desperate situation! But I don't want to be punished by people. Let the Lord himself be the one to punish me, because he is merciful."

1 Chronicles 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:13

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:13 In-Context

11 Gad went to David, told him what the Lord had said, and asked, "Which is it to be?

12 Three years of famine? Or three months of running away from the armies of your enemies? Or three days during which the Lord attacks you with his sword and sends an epidemic on your land, using his angel to bring death throughout Israel? What answer shall I give the Lord?"

13 David replied to Gad, "I am in a desperate situation! But I don't want to be punished by people. Let the Lord himself be the one to punish me, because he is merciful."

14 So the Lord sent an epidemic on the people of Israel, and seventy thousand of them died.

15 Then he sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but he changed his mind and said to the angel, "Stop! That's enough!" The angel was standing by the threshing place of Araunah, a Jebusite.