David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in Yahweh’s name.
Parallel translations
- KJV And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
- BSB So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
- NKJV So David went up at the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord.
- NASB So David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
- NLT So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him through Gad.
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Quick answer
David obeyed the prophet Gad's word and went up to Ornan's threshing floor as the LORD had directed. His prompt obedience to God's revealed word sets the scene for atonement and worship.
Overview
After David's sinful census brought a plague, the prophet Gad relayed God's instruction to build an altar at Ornan's threshing floor. David's immediate compliance shows the heart of true repentance: not merely sorrow, but action that submits to God's word. This site, where judgment was halted, would become the place of the temple, foreshadowing the one place God appointed for atonement, ultimately fulfilled at the cross.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Kgs 5:10–14Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.”
- Acts 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
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