A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018.
David causes Joab to number the people, 1 Chronicles 21:1-6. He repents, 1 Chronicles 21:7; 1 Chronicles 21:8. God gives him his choice of three judgments, and he chooses the pestilence, 1 Chronicles 21:9-13. The havoc made thereby: Jerusalem spared, 1 Chronicles 21:14; 1 Chronicles 21:15. David's prayer, 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Chronicles 21:17. His sacrifice and staying of the plague, 1 Chronicles 21:18-30.