2 Samuel 24:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰ But after this David felt terrible that he had counted the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, please take away the guilt of your servant because I have done something very foolish.”

¹¹ When David got up the next morning, the Lord’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer: ¹² Go and tell David, This is what the Lord says: I’m offering you three punishments. Choose one of them, and that is what I will do to you.