2 Samuel 24:10

10 After David counted the people, his conscience troubled him. David said to the LORD, "I have committed a terrible sin by what I have done. LORD, please forgive me because I have acted very foolishly."

2 Samuel 24:10 In-Context

8 When they had covered the whole country, they came to Jerusalem after 9 months and 20 days.
9 Joab reported the census figures to the king: In Israel there were 800,000 able-bodied men who could serve in the army, and in Judah there were 500,000.
10 After David counted the people, his conscience troubled him. David said to the LORD, "I have committed a terrible sin by what I have done. LORD, please forgive me because I have acted very foolishly."
11 When David got up in the morning, the LORD spoke his word to the prophet Gad, David's seer.
12 "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I'm offering you three choices. Choose the one you want me to do to you.'"
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