1 Chronicles 21:13-15

EasyEnglish Bible

¹³ David said to Gad, ‘I am very upset. I do not want men to punish me. The Lord is kind and he forgives people. So it is better if he punishes me.’

¹⁴ So the Lord caused a very bad disease to kill people in Israel. 70,000 Israelite men died. ¹⁵ God sent his angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel started to kill people, the Lord saw what was happening. He decided to stop the punishment that he was causing. He said to the angel who was killing the people, ‘That is enough. Stop what you are doing!’ When the Lord said that, his angel was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.