Gad in the Bible
Meaning: a band; a troop
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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher,
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salcah:
the sons of Reuben and Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword and bending the bow, and instructed in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, ready to go forth in the host.
So the God of Israel incited King Pul of Assyria (also known as King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), who took them prisoner and brought the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.
To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and the men of Gad killed them being born in the land, for they came down to take their cattle.
Mighty and experienced warriors from the descendants of Gad joined David at his wilderness stronghold. They were expert handlers of both shield and spear, with hardened looks and as agile as a gazelle on a mountain slope.
These, were of the sons of Gad, chiefs of the host, - one to a hundred, the least, and, the greatest, to a thousand.
From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:
And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
And the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of Jehovah.
King David appointed Jerijah, his relatives, and 2,700 competent men who were each family heads, to oversee the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh regarding everything pertaining to God as well as matters relating to the king.
Now, the acts of David the king, first and last, behold them! written in the records of Samuel the seer, and in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the records of Gad the seer:
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Gad » A tribe of israel » Aid in the conquest of the region west of the jordan river
For we will not inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and forward; for our inheritance has come to us from this side of Jordan from the risings. And Moses will say to them, If ye will do this word, if ye will arm yourselves before Jehovah for battle, And all to you being armed, pass over Jordan before Jehovah, till his driving out his enemies from his face, And the land subdued before Jehovah: and afterwards ye shall turn back, and be unpunished from Jehovah and from Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Jehovah. And if ye shall not do this, behold, ye sinned to Jehovah: and know ye, your sin which shall find you. Build to you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and ye shall do that coming out of your mouth. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will speak to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commanded. Our little ones, our wives, our possessions, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: And thy servants will pass over, all being armed, to war before Jehovah for battle, as my lord spake. And Moses will command Eleazar the priest, concerning them, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel: And Moses will say to them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass over Jordan with you, all being armed for battle before Jehovah, and the land be subdued before you; and give ye to them the land of Gilead for a possession. And if they will not pass over armed with you, and they possessed in the midst of you in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will answer, saying, What Jehovah spake to thy servants, so will we do. We will pass over armed before Jehovah to the land of Canaan, and to us shall be the possession of our inheritance from the other side to Jordan.
And now Jehovah your God caused your brethren to rest as he spake to them: and now turn ye and go for yourselves to your tents to the land of your possession which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave to you beyond Jordan. Only watch greatly to do the command and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God and to go in all his ways, and to watch his commands, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. And Joshua will bless them and will send them away; and they will go to their tents. And to half the tribe of Manasseh, Moses gave in Bashan: and to its half Joshua gave with their brethren from beyond Jordan to the sea. And also when Joshua sent them away to their tents he will bless them, And he will say to them, saying, With much riches turn back to your tents, and with exceeding many cattle, with silver and with gold and with brass and with iron and with exceeding many garments: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Gad » Jacob's seventh son » Children of
These the families of the sons of Gad according to their reviewing, forty thousand and five hundred.
Gad » A tribe of israel » Petition for their portion of land east of the jordan river
The land which Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, it is a land of cattle, and to thy servants are cattle. And they will say, If we found grace in thine eyes, will this land be given to thy servants for a possession; ye will not cause us to pass over Jordan.
Gad » A prophet to david » Bids david build an altar on the threshing floor of ornan
Gad » A prophet to david » Bears the divine message to david, offering choice between three evils, for his presumption in numbering israel
And David will say to Gad, Straits to me exceedingly: now we will fall into the hand of Jehovah, for many his compassions; and into the hand of man I will not fall.
If three years of famine, and if three months of being destroyed from before thine adversaries, and the sword of thine enemies to overtake; and if three days the sword of Jehovah, and the word in the land, and the messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the bound of Israel. And now see what word I shall turn back to him sending me. And David will say to Gad, Straits to me exceedingly: I will fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for his compassions are very many: and I will not fall into the hand of man.
Gad » Jacob's seventh son
Gad » A tribe of israel » Boundaries of territory
And in the valley The House of Height and the House of Sweet Water, and Succoth and Zephon, the remnant of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and the boundary, even to the end of the sea of Cinneroth beyond Jordan from the sunrising. This the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families their cities and their enclosures.
Gad » A tribe of israel » Disaffected toward saul as king, and joined the faction under david in the wilderness of hebron
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. These from the sons of Gad, heads of the army: one to a hundred the small, and the great to a thousand. These they who passed over Jordan in the first month, and it filling over all its banks; and they drove out all the valleys to the sunrising find to the west.
Gad » A tribe of israel » Wealth of, in cattle, and spoils
Gad » A tribe of israel » Enumeration of, at sinai
Gad » A tribe of israel » Place of, in camp and march
Gad » A tribe of israel » Erect a monument to signify the unity of the tribes east of the jordan river with the tribes west of the river
And the sons of Israel will send to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, And ten chiefs with him, one chief, one chief, to the house of a father for all the tribes of Israel; and each the head of the house of their fathers, these for the thousands of Israel.
Gad » A tribe of israel » Reallotment of the territory to, by ezekiel
Gad » A tribe of israel » Struck by the king of syria
Gad » A tribe of israel » In the reign of jotham
Those the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz; Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, the head to the house of their fathers. And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her daughters, and in all the areas of Sharon, upon their goings forth. All these were enrolled in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel
Gad » A tribe of israel » In the plains of moab
These the families of the sons of Gad according to their reviewing, forty thousand and five hundred.