1 Chronicles 21:17

David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²  but remove the plague from your people!” ³ 

Ge 44:33; Ex 20:5; Ex 32:32,33; Jos 22:18; 2Sa 12:10; 2Sa 24:1; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 22:17; 1Ch 21:8; Ps 44:11; Ps 51:4; Ps 51:14; Isa 39:7,8; Eze 16:63; Joh 10:11,12; Ro 9:3; 1Jo 3:16

¹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

³ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”