2 Samuel 24:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ Then Joab gave the number of the counting of the people to the king. Israel was eight hundred thousand valiant warriors^[a] wielding the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand. ¹⁰ The heart of David struck him after he had counted the people, and David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done! So then, O Yahweh, please forgive the guilt of your servant because I have acted very foolishly.” ¹¹ When David got up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying,