“When David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 24 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.