1 Chronicles 21:13-15

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹³ “I’m in a desperate situation,” David told Gad. “Please let me fall into the Lord’s hands because he is extremely merciful. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”

¹⁴ So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died. ¹⁵ God also sent a Messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was destroying it, the Lord reconsidered and changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the destroying Messenger. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor ^[a] of Ornan the Jebusite.