2 Samuel 24:10-12

New English Translation

¹⁰ David felt guilty^[a] after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

¹¹ When David got up the next morning, the Lord’s message had already come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer: ¹² “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord has said: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.’”