David Intercedes For The People

15So Yahweh sent a plague on Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people died, from Dan to Beersheba.

16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented concerning the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough; now withdraw your hand.” And the angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17Then David said to the LORD, when he saw the angel striking the people, “Look, I have sinned, and I have done wrong; but these sheep—what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house.”