Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh [thee]; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
Ver. 12. Either three years' famine.] It is in Samuel, seven years' famine. Seven years, say some, was God's first offer: but David, praying for a shorter time - as Abraham brought God down from a fifty to ten persons, Gen 18:24-32 and as Ezekiel obtained ox dung for man's dung Eze 4:15 - he reduced it to three years. See a better solution to this seeming contradiction in 2 Samuel 24:13. See Trapp on " 2Sa 24:13 "