2 Samuel 24

David is tempted by Satan to number Israel and Judah, 2 Samuel 24:1 . Joab remonstrates against it, but the king determines that it shall be done; and Joab and the captains accomplish the work, and bring the sum total to the king: viz.: eight hundred thousand warriors in Israel, and five hundred thousand in Judah, 2 Samuel 24:2-9 . David is convinced that he has done wrong; and the prophet Gad is sent to him, to give him his choice of three judgments, one of which God is determined to inflict upon the nation, 2 Samuel 24:10-13 . David humbles himself before God; and a pestilence is sent, which destroys seventy thousand men, 2 Samuel 24:14 , 2 Samuel 24:15 . The angel of the Lord being about to destroy Jerusalem, David makes intercession, and the plague is stayed, 2 Samuel 24:16 , 2 Samuel 24:17 . Gad directs him to build an altar to the Lord on the threshing-floor of Araunah, where the plague was stayed, 2 Samuel 24:18 . He purchases this place for the purpose, and offers burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, 2 Samuel 24:19-25 .