This is part of a year long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

2 Samuel 24:1-25

- David sins by ordering a census of Israel and Judah, prompting God's anger and a choice of punishments through Gad the prophet.

- A plague strikes the people; David repents, purchases Araunah's threshing floor, builds an altar, and offers sacrifices that stop the plague.

Acts 11:1 - 12:5

- Peter explains his Gentile mission to Jewish believers in Jerusalem, who glorify God for granting repentance to the nations.

- The church grows in Antioch with Barnabas and Saul; Herod arrests and kills James, then imprisons Peter amid rising persecution.