David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people |
The number of the people being brought, David repents of it |
David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence |
After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem |
David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor; |
where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire. |
David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel |