1 Chronicles 21:9-13 ▼

9 Then the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

10 “ Go and say to David, ‘ This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.’ ”

11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “ This is what the LORD says: ‘ Take your choice:

12 three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD  — a plague on the land, the angel of the LORD bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel .’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

13 David answered Gad, “ I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the LORD’s hands because His mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”