1 Chronicles 21:11
in 1 Chronicles 21So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:
KJV
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Gad, David’s seer
on 1 Chronicles 21:9-13
Chronicles names Gad's office, “David’s seer”, before the word arrives. The third option is spelled out, “three days of the sword of the LORD”, with “the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel”. Albert Barnes notes that the angel is named here and nowhere in Samuel's version.
This site's exposition
You must choose
Gad carries the message to David in the LORD's own words. The seer serves as go-between again at verse 18, when the angel sends him. Albert Barnes notes that the choice in verse 12 names the angel of the LORD, preparing for the angel David sees at verse 16.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥בֹא | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| גָ֖ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֛וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| קַבֶּל־ | kabel- | take | H6901 → | |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | for yourself |
וַיָּ֥בֹאand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
גָ֖דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
ל֛וֹto him
lo
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
קַבֶּל־take
kabel-H6901 →
לָֽךְ׃for yourself
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
it leads to
- Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 8:34–35
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- Proverbs 2:1–9
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 4:1
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 12:15
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles

Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
