David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people.
David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done.
But now, the LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
When David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, “Go and speak to David, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things.
Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”