¹⁴ Then the Lord relented^(A) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

¹¹ “I regret^(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned^(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”^(C) Samuel was angry,^(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

¹⁶ When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented^(A) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord^(B) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

³ So the Lord relented.^(A)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.^(B)

⁶ So the Lord relented.^(A)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.^(B)

¹⁰ When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented^(E) and did not bring on them the destruction^(F) he had threatened.^(G)