Thematic Bible: Between judgments, by david

Go tell David: 'This is what Jehovah says: I offer you three choices. Choose the one you want me to do to you.' Verse ConceptsChoosing ThingsThree Other ThingsMaking DecisionsDecision Makingconsequences

Gad went to David and told him what Jehovah said. He asked: Which is it to be? Three years of famine? Three months of running away from the armies of your enemies? Or: three days in which Jehovah attacks you with his sword and sends an epidemic on your land. He will use his angel to bring death throughout Israel? What answer shall I give Jehovah? David replied to Gad: I am in a desperate situation! But I do not want to be punished by the people. Let Jehovah be the one to punish me, because he is merciful.