It was also evil in the sight of God. So he punished Israel.

神不喜悦这数点百姓的事，便降灾给以色列人。

这件事在上帝眼中看为恶，上帝就降灾给以色列。

这件事在神眼中看为恶，神就降灾给以色列。

上帝也不喜悦这事，便降灾给以色列人。

神不喜悦这事，所以他击打以色列人。

神不喜悅這數點百姓的事，便降災給以色列人。

這件事在上帝眼中看為惡，上帝就降災給以色列。

這件事在神眼中看為惡，神就降災給以色列。

上帝也不喜悅這事，便降災給以色列人。

神不喜悅這事，所以他擊打以色列人。

這件事上帝看為大壞事，故此他擊打了以色列人。

上帝不悅此事、遂擊以色列人、

大闢所為、上帝不悅、遂擊以色列族。

天主不悅此事、遂擊以色列人、

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so he afflicted Israel.

Now God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so He afflicted Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

David had done what was right in the sight of the Lord. He had kept all the Lord’ s commands. He had obeyed them all the days of his life. But he hadn’t obeyed the Lord in the case of Uriah, the Hittite.

For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said,“ It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”

But the Israelites weren’t faithful to the Lord. They didn’t destroy what had been set apart to him. So they did not do what they had been told to do. Achan had taken some of those things. So the Lord became very angry with Israel. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Achan and all his relatives were from the tribe of Judah.

“ Go and set the people apart. Tell them,‘ Make yourselves pure. Get ready for tomorrow. Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, wants you to do. He says,“ People of Israel, you have kept some of the things that had been set apart to me to be destroyed. You can’t stand up against your enemies until you get rid of those things.”

They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.

“ We’re speaking for the Lord’ s whole community. How could you disobey the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord? How could you disobey him by building an altar for yourselves?Don’t you remember how we sinned at Peor? The Lord struck us with a plague because of what we did. Up to this day we’re still suffering because of that sin.Are you turning away from the Lord now?“ Suppose you disobey the Lord today. If you do, he’ll be angry with the whole community of Israel tomorrow.If your own land is‘ unclean,’ come over to the Lord’ s land. It’s where his holy tent stands. Share our land with us. But don’t disobey the Lord. Don’t turn against us by building an altar for yourselves. Don’t build any altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.Remember what happened to Achan, the son of Zerah. Achan wasn’t faithful to the Lord. He took the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. Didn’t the whole community of Israel experience the Lord’ s anger? Achan wasn’t the only one who died because of his sin.”Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh replied. They answered the leaders of the family groups of Israel.They said,“ The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don’t spare us today.Have we built our own altar so we can turn away from the Lord? Have we built it to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it? Have we built it to sacrifice friendship offerings on it? If we have, may the Lord himself hold us accountable.“ No! We built it because we were afraid. Someday your children might speak to our children. We were afraid they might say,‘ What do you have to do with the Lord? What do you have to do with the God of Israel?The Lord has made the Jordan River a border between us and you. You people of Reuben! You people of Gad! You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’ If your children say that, they might cause our children to stop worshiping the Lord.“ That’s why we said to ourselves,‘ Let’s get ready and build an altar. But let’s not build it to offer burnt offerings or sacrifices on it.’

The Lord was very angry with Israel. He stirred up David against them. He said,“ Go! Count the men of Israel and Judah.”

When her time of sadness was over, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife. And she had a son by him. But the Lord wasn’t pleased with what David had done.

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel. And 70,000 Israelites died.

The bones of Saul and his son Jonathan were buried in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. The tomb was at Zela in the territory of Benjamin. Everything the king commanded was done. After that, God answered prayer and blessed the land.