1 Chronicles 21:13

floor; where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favour by fire, and stays the plague.

Overview - 1 Chronicles 21
1	David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people.
5	The number of the people being brought, David repents of it.
9	David having three plagues propounded by God, chooses the pestilence.
14	After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem.
18	David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing-
28	David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel.

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1 Chronicles 21:13  (King James Version)
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
 

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I am in

2 Kings 6:15 ; 7:4 Esther 4:11 Esther 4:16 ; John 12:27 ; Philippians 1:23

let me fall

David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence.

Hebrews 10:31

great

or, many.

Exodus 34:6 Exodus 34:7 ; Psalms 5:7 ; Psalms 51:1 Psalms 51:2 Psalms 69:13 Psalms 69:16 Psalms 86:5 Psalms 86:15 103:8 106:7 130:7

Isaiah 55:7 ; Isaiah 63:7 Isaiah 63:15 Lamentations 3:32 ; Jonah 3:9 ; 4:2 Micah 7:18 ; Habakkuk 3:2

but let me

2 Chronicles 28:9 ; Proverbs 12:10 ; Isaiah 46:7 ; 47:6