历代志上 21:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛對迦得說：“我十分作難，我情願落在耶和華的手裡，因為他有極豐盛的憐憫，我不願落在人的手裡。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 对 迦 得 说 ： 我 甚 为 难 。 我 愿 落 在 耶 和 华 的 手 里 ， 因 为 他 有 丰 盛 的 怜 悯 ； 我 不 愿 落 在 人 的 手 里 。

Contextual Overview

⁷ David had done something God had said was wrong, so God punished Israel. ⁸ Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by what I have done! Now, I beg you to forgive me, your servant, because I have been very foolish." ⁹ The Lord said to Gad, who was David's seer, ¹⁰ "Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I offer you three choices. Choose one of them and I will do it.'" ¹¹ So Gad went to David and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Choose for yourself ¹² three years of hunger. Or choose three months of running from your enemies as they chase you with their swords. Or choose three days of punishment from the Lord , in which a terrible disease will spread through the country. The angel of the Lord will go through Israel destroying the people.' Now, David, decide which of these things I should tell the Lord who sent me." ¹³ David said to Gad, "I am in great trouble. Let the Lord punish me, because the Lord is very merciful. Don't let my punishment come from human beings." ¹⁴ So the Lord sent a terrible disease on Israel, and seventy thousand people died. ¹⁵ God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but when the angel started to destroy it, the Lord saw it and felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. So he said to the angel who was destroying, "That is enough! Put down your arm!" The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁶ David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord in the sky, holding his sword drawn and pointed at Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed facedown on the ground. They were wearing rough cloth to show their grief.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am in: 2 Kings 6:15, 2 Kings 7:4, Esther 4:11, Esther 4:16, John 12:27, Philippians 1:23

let me fall: David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence. Hebrews 10:31

great: or, many, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Psalms 5:7, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 106:7, Psalms 130:7, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15, Lamentations 3:32, Jonah 3:9, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Habakkuk 3:2

but let me: 2 Chronicles 28:9, Proverbs 12:10, Isaiah 46:7, Isaiah 47:6

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:14 - for his Psalms 119:156 - are thy James 5:11 - the Lord is

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you. The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac.

Genesis 21:18
Help him up and take him by the hand. I will make his descendants into a great nation."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 21:13. David said - I am in a great strait — The Targum reasons thus: "And David said to Gad, If I choose famine, the Israelites may say, The granaries of David are full of corn; neither doth he care should the people of Israel die with hunger. And if I choose war, and fly before an enemy, the Israelites may say, David is a strong and warlike man, and he cares not though the people of Israel should fall by the sword. I am brought into a great strait; I will deliver myself now into the HAND of the WORD of the LORD, ביד מימרא דיי beyad meymera dayai, for his mercies are many; but into the hands of the children of men I will not deliver myself."