Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message:
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- KJV And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- BSB And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- NKJV Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- NASB The Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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Quick answer
Yahweh speaks to Gad, David's seer. It introduces the prophetic word that will offer David a choice of judgment.
Overview
God addresses David through Gad, the prophet attached to his court. The Lord does not leave David's sin without a response, but neither does he act without warning and word. The prophetic mediation shows God dealing with his king through revelation, a pattern of grace even in judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Sam 24:11When David rose up in the morning, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- 1 Sam 9:9(In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, and let us go to the seer”; for he who is now called a prophet was before called a seer.)
- 1 Chr 29:29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
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