Thematic Bible: A prophet to david


Thematic Bible



Gad came to David and said: Go, set up an altar for Jehovah at Araunah the Jebusite's threshing floor. David obeyed Jehovah's command and went as Gad had told him to.

Jehovah's angel told Gad to command David to go and build an altar to Jehovah at Araunah's threshing place. David obeyed Jehovah's command and did what Gad told him to do.

When David got up in the morning, Jehovah spoke his word to the prophet Gad, David's seer. Go tell David: 'This is what Jehovah says: I offer you three choices. Choose the one you want me to do to you.' Gad told David the three choices as follows: Seven years of famine could come to you and your land. You could flee from your enemies as they pursue you for three months. Or there could be a three-day plague in your land? Think it over, and decide what answer I should give the one who sent me. read more.
I am in a desperate situation, David told Gad. Please let us fall into Jehovah's hands because he is very merciful. But do not let me fall into human hands.

Jehovah said to Gad, David's prophet: Tell David that I am giving him three choices. I will do whichever he chooses. Gad went to David and told him what Jehovah said. He asked: Which is it to be? read more.
Three years of famine? Three months of running away from the armies of your enemies? Or: three days in which Jehovah attacks you with his sword and sends an epidemic on your land. He will use his angel to bring death throughout Israel? What answer shall I give Jehovah? David replied to Gad: I am in a desperate situation! But I do not want to be punished by the people. Let Jehovah be the one to punish me, because he is merciful.

The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofSeers

The history of King David from beginning to end is recorded in the records of the three prophets, Samuel, Nathan, and Gad. Verse ConceptsBooks, Not PreservedSeersWritingaccomplishments

When David got up in the morning, Jehovah spoke his word to the prophet Gad, David's seer. Verse ConceptsSeersWord Of GodNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Do not live in your stronghold, the prophet Gad told David. Go to the land of Judah. So David went to the forest of Hereth. Verse ConceptsForestsNamed Prophets Of The Lord