2 Samuel 24:11
in 2 Samuel 24When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
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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 verseFor 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
the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad
on 2 Samuel 24:11-14
Gad is named David's seer, and the word of the Lord reaches the king through him rather than through the dream, Urim or prophet that failed Saul at 1 Samuel 28:6. Three judgments are offered, famine, flight before enemies, or pestilence, and Albert Barnes notes that Chronicles gives three years of famine where this text gives seven, a difference stated honestly rather than smoothed away. David will not choose between armies of men and settles on the third term by trusting the judge rather than bargaining the sentence, let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great. Adam Clarke reads the choice as David's own nobility, since pestilence exposed him and his household to the same danger as the poorest man in Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
, 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 & Brown1802–1910
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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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| דָּוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בַּבֹּ֑קֶר פ | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וּדְבַר־ | udevar- | and [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הָיָה֙ | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גָּ֣ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| הַנָּבִ֔יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| חֹזֵ֥ה | chozeh | [the] seer of | H2374 → | |
| דָוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
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.
The walk
8 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
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…
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
Through
1 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,
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.)
- 1 Samuel 9:9
Through
1 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.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 21:9
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- 1 Chronicles 21:9
Through
1 Chronicles 2:19When 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:
- 1 Chronicles 2:50
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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.