Major Calamities

The next three years the Israelites find themselves in a famine due to Saul and the death of the Gibeonites. So David humbly asks them what he can do to make restoration with them, They asked him for seven of Saul's descendants. So David gave them what they asked for. Then David gets a bit too big for his britches and asks Joab, against his better judgement, to take a census of all men. Well, the Lord gets a little upset about this and gives David three choices for a punishment. 3 years famine, 3 months in the hands of him enemies, 3 days of plagues. He chose the plagues which ends up killing thousands of people.

David now feeling bad, buys up a threshing floor to build a permanent temple for the Lord in hopes that this will help stop these plagues.David is told that he will not be able to build this temple so he embarks on setting this all up for his son Solomon. You know our choices of wither good or evil can and will effect those around us as well as ourselves too.