1 Chronicles 21:14

14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

1 Chronicles 21:14 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell.
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
The Message Bible (MSG)
14 So God unleashed an epidemic in Israel - 70,000 Israelites died.
American Standard Version (ASV)
14 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel. And 70,000 Israelites died.

1 Chronicles 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:14

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:14 In-Context

12 three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
13 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 27:24
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