1. The Lord was angry with Israel once more, and he made David bring trouble on them. The Lord said to him, “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah.”
10. But after David had taken the census, his conscience began to trouble him, and he said to the Lord, “I have committed a terrible sin in doing this! Please forgive me. I have acted foolishly.”
11-12. The Lord said to Gad, David's prophet, “Go and tell David that I am giving him three choices. I will do whichever he chooses.” The next morning, after David got up,