2 Samuel 24:11
9 And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
12 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
- KJV
- For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- WEB
- When David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- ASV
- And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David`s seer, saying,
- DARBY
- And when David arose in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
- BLB
- And David arose in the morning, and the word of YHWH came to Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,
- ÅB
- Da David sto opp om morgenen, kom Herrens ord til profeten Gad, Davids seer, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Da David våknet om morgenen, kom et budskap fra Herren til profeten Gad, Davids seer, og sa,
- B1930
- Da David stod op om morgenen, kom Herrens ord til profeten Gad, Davids seer, og det lød så:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
Read in context1 Samuel 22:5
Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:19
When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.
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