10. “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”
11. So Gad came to David and said, “These are the choices the lord has given you.
12. You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the lord brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. Decide what answer I should give the lord who sent me.”
13. “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the lord, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”