2 Samuel 24:9-11

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁹ Joab reported the numbers from the registration of the fighting men to the king. Israel had eight hundred thousand soldiers who could draw a sword. Judah had five hundred thousand men.

¹⁰ David had a guilty conscience after he had counted the fighting men. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But, Lord, please take away the guilt of your servant, because I have acted very foolishly.”

¹¹ When David got up in the morning, the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet, David’s seer. The Lord said,