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2 Samuel 24:17-19
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 24:17-19
English Standard Version
17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house.”
David Builds an Altar
18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of (A)Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded.
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2 Samuel 24:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 24:17-19
New International Version
17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[a] have done wrong. These are but sheep.(A) What have they done?(B) Let your hand fall on me and my family.”(C)
David Builds an Altar(D)
18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah(E) the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
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