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2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

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ASV

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

KJV

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹא־vai.ya.vo'-and he wentH935 →
גָ֥דgadGadH1410 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-and he toldH5046 →
ל֑וֹloto <the> him
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
ל֡וֹloto <the> him
הֲתָב֣וֹאha.ta.Vo'¿ will it comeH935 →
לְךָ֣le.Khato <the> you
שֶֽׁבַעShe.va'sevenH7651 →
שָׁנִ֣ים׀sha.NimyearsH8141 →
רָעָ֣ב׀ra.'AvfamineH7458 →
בְּאַרְצֶ֡ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khain land yourH776 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969 →
חֳ֠דָשִׁיםCho.da.shimmonthsH2320 →
נֻסְךָ֨nus.Khafleeing youH5127 →
לִפְנֵֽי־lif.nei-<to> beforeH6440 →
צָרֶ֜יךָtza.Rei.khaopponents yourH6862 →
וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
רֹדְפֶ֗ךָro.de.Fe.kha[will be] pursuing youH7291 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and or?H518 →
הֱ֠יוֹתHe.yotto beH1961 →
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969 →
יָמִ֥יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
דֶּ֙בֶר֙de.verpestilenceH1698 →
בְּאַרְצֶ֔ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khain land yourH776 →
עַתָּה֙'a.TahnowH6258 →
דַּ֣עda'knowH3045 →
וּרְאֵ֔הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200 →
מָה־mah-what?H4100 →
אָשִׁ֥יב'a.Shivwill I bring backH7725 →
שֹׁלְחִ֖יsho.le.Chi[the] [one who] sent meH7971 →
דָּבָֽר׃ סda.VarwordH1697 →

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1 Chronicles 21:12between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”1 Kings 17:1–7Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.1 Kings 8:35When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,Deuteronomy 28:22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.Deuteronomy 28:52They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.Leviticus 26:16–17then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Luke 4:25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.Leviticus 26:20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 14:19–21Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.Deuteronomy 28:35The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.Leviticus 26:36–37As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.1 Samuel 25:12So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.2 Kings 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

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