David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
Parallel translations
- KJV And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
- BSB So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
- NKJV So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
- NASB Then David went up in accordance with the word of Gad, just as the Lord had commanded.
- NLT So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him.
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Quick answer
David obediently went up to the threshing floor as the LORD had commanded through Gad.
Overview
David's prompt obedience contrasts with his earlier stubbornness over the census. His humble compliance models how repentance bears fruit in renewed submission to God's word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Heb 11:8By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
- 1 Chr 21:19David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in Yahweh’s name.
- 2 Chr 20:20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
- 2 Chr 36:16but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
- Neh 9:26“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
- Gen 6:22Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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