1 Chronicles 21:11

11 So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: 'Choose for yourself:

1 Chronicles 21:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:11

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:11 In-Context

9 Then Yahweh spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying,

10 "Go, you must speak to David, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Three [choices] I offer to you. Choose one of them for yourself that I will do to you." '"

11 So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: 'Choose for yourself:

12 whether three years of famine or three months of devastation by your enemies while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or three days of the sword of Yahweh, with disease in the land and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory in Israel.' So now, see what word I should return to my sender."

13 Then David said to Gad, "{I am very troubled}. Let me into the hand of Yahweh, for his compassion is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of a man."