1 Chronicles 21:13-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹³ David said to Gad, “This puts me in a difficult position. Please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, because his compassion is very great. But do not let me fall into the hands of man.”

¹⁴ The Lord caused a plague^[a] in Israel. Seventy thousand men from Israel fell. ¹⁵ God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. The Lord saw the destruction, and he relented from this devastation. He said to the destroying angel, “Enough. Hold back your hand.”

The angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan^[b] the Jebusite.