2Sa 24:13 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 13. Shall seven years of famine ] In , the number is three , not seven ; and here the Septuagint has three , the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter zain, SEVEN , being mistaken for gimel, THREE . A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters.

‏ 2 Samuel 24:13

Verse 13. Shall seven years of famine] In 1Ch 21:12, the number is three, not seven; and here the Septuagint has three, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter zain, SEVEN, being mistaken for gimel, THREE. A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters.