2 Samuel 24:9-11

Tree of Life Version

⁹ Joab reported the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: there were in Israel 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword and the men of Judah were 500,000 men.

¹⁰ But David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David prayed to Adonai, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done! But now, Adonai, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

¹¹ When David rose up in the morning, the word of Adonai came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying: