2 Samuel 24:15-17
Read 2 Samuel 24 in full →15So aYahweh 1sent a pestilence against Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and 70,000 men of the people bfrom Dan to Beersheba died. 16aThen the angel sent forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, and bYahweh 1relented of the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17Then David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who was striking down the people, and said, “Behold, ait is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done unrighteousness; but bthese sheep, what have they done? Please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house.”