David decided to carry out a census of Israel's fighting men which was a satanic idea certainly not pleasing to God. His commander perceived the error in this and tried to dissuade David, but he remained resolute. So Joab went ahead with the count and reported back to David 1,100,000 fighting men. This count was evil in the sight of God so he punished Israel. Then David asked forgiveness of God, and God gave him 3 options of punishment. 3 years of famine, 3 months of being swept away by your enemies or 3 days of plague in the land. God sent a plague which killed 70,000 men. David told God that the fault was his and not the people's, so asked for him and his family to be punished and not the people. So God ordered David to build an altar in order to offer sacrifices to halt the plague. David sought to buy some land to build the altar but the owner insisted in donating it. But David refused the offer and bought it for 6.9 kg of gold. He built the altar on which he made burnt and fellowship offerings.
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