Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before your foes, while that the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise yourself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. Treasury of Scripture three year's famine In 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land?... , it is {seven years}; but the Septuagint has there () {three years}, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter () {zayin} being mistaken for () {gimmel}, Three. Leviticus 26:26-29 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven... 2 Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered... 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land?... 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand... 2 Kings 8:1 Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household... Lamentations 4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away... Luke 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months... to be destroyed Leviticus 26:17,36,37 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you... Deuteronomy 28:15,25,51,52 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God... Jeremiah 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine... the sword 1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven... Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. Jeremiah 12:12 The spoilers are come on all high places through the wilderness... Jeremiah 47:6 O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. even the pestilence Leviticus 26:10,25 And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new... Deuteronomy 28:22,27,35 The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning... Psalm 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. Ezekiel 14:19-21 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast... the angel 1 Chronicles 21:15,16 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil... Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side posts... 2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out... mat 13:49,50 Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. Revelation 7:1-3 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth...
Now therefore
2 Samuel 24:13,14 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land...
Context Judgment for David's Sin
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 8And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, do away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, 10Go and tell David, saying, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. 11So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Choose you 12Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before your foes, while that the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise yourself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13And David said to 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Either three years' famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me.
Darby Bible Translation
Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
King James Bible
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
Young's Literal Translation
either for three years -- famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?'
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