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2 Samuel 24:11

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When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

KJV

For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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This verse in 2 Samuel 24

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

For when David was up - It is supposed that David’s contrition arose from the reproof given by Gad, and that in the order of time the reproof came before the confession stated in the 10th verse. David’s seer - A holy man of God, under the Divine influence, whom David had as a domestic chaplain.

This site's exposition

Gad the prophet, David’s seer

on 2 Samuel 24:11-14

A revelation comes to “Gad the prophet, David’s seer”, and the LORD offers three options. David chooses to “fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great”. Adam Clarke notes that plague put David’s own house at the same risk as the poorest man in Israel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

, but and, when David was up, so it is in the original), his conscience showed him the evil of what he had done; now that appeared sin, and exceedingly sinful, which before he saw no harm in.

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For when David was up in the morning,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned--The act of numbering the people was not in itself sinful; for Moses did it by the express authority of God.

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David’s seer - Margin, references. From the latter passage it is probable that we have here Gad’s narrative.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיָּ֥קָםand he arose

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • דָּוִ֖דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • בַּבֹּ֑קֶר פin the morning

    babokerH1242 →214 times

  • וּדְבַר־and [the] word of

    udevar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הָיָה֙it came

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גָּ֣דGad

    gadH1410 →72 times

  • הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • חֹזֵ֥ה[the] seer of

    chozehH2374 →

  • דָוִ֖דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.)5 works1 Samuel 22:5Then 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.5 works1 Chronicles 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,5 works1 Chronicles 29:29Now 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,4 works1 Chronicles 25:5All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.3 works2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.3 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 2:19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.2 works1 Samuel 22:4So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.2 works2 Samuel 15:27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.2 works2 Samuel 24:18And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.)

    it leads to

    • 1 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,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 30:10

      They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

    • Amos 7:12

      And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

    • 1 Chronicles 26:28

      Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of…

    • 2 Kings 17:13

      Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your…

  • Through

    1 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,

    it leads to

    • 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.)

  • Through

    1 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.

    it leads to

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:19

    When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 2:50

      These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

The Plague of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Plague of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 24 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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