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1 Chronicles 21:12

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 21:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
1 Chronicles 21:12 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 21

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David`s seer, saying,
10Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:
12either 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.
13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
14So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And the angel of the Lord destroying ... - These words are not in Samuel, which puts the third alternative briefly. They prepare the way for the angelic appearance 1 Chronicles 21:16, on which the author is about to lay so much stress. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“three years' famine: In Sa2 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there τρια ετη \[Strong's G5140\], three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter ז, zayin, seven, being mistaken for ג, gimmel, three. Lev 26:26-29; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 24:13; Kg1 17:1; Kg2 8:1; Lam 4:9; Luk 4:25 to be destroyed: Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36, Lev 26:37; Deu 28:15, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:51, Deu 28:52; Jer 42:16 the sword: Ch1 21:16; Isa 66:16; Jer 12:12, Jer 47:6 even the pestilence: Lev 26:10, Lev 26:25; Deu 28:22, Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35; Psa 91:6; Eze 14:19-21 the angel: Ch1 21:15, Ch1 21:16; Exo 12:23; Kg2 19:35; Mat 13:49, Mat 13:50; Act 12:23; Rev 7:1-3 Now therefore: Sa2 24:13, Sa2 24:14 1…”
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