2 Samuel 24:15
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.
Cross-references
In 2 Samuel 24:2, David orders the census that provokes the plague — the direct cause of this judgment.
Numbers 16:48 describes Aaron stopping a plague through intercession — parallel to David's later sacrifice averting the plague.
In 1 Chronicles 21:14, the parallel account confirms the same plague with the same number: 70,000 dead.
1 Chronicles 21:2 is the parallel account of David's census, which led to the plague described here.
In Leviticus 26:18, God threatens escalating punishment for disobedience — the plague here is an example of such punishment.
Deuteronomy 28:21 lists plague as a covenant curse for disobedience — here that curse is enacted on Israel.
In Numbers 25:9, a plague kills 24,000 for idolatry — another instance of divine judgment by plague as here.
In 1 Samuel 6:19, a plague strikes Bethshemesh for irreverence — similar divine judgment killing many.
1 Kings 4:25 describes peace from Dan to Beersheba — a contrast to the plague that struck the same region here.