2 Samuel 24:11
New International Version
Before David got up the next morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

New Living Translation
The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message:

English Standard Version
And when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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

King James Bible
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

New King James Version
Now when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

New American Standard Bible
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad the prophet, David’s seer, saying,

NASB 1995
When David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

NASB 1977
When David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David arose in the morning, and the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Amplified Bible
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:

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

American Standard Version
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Before David even got up the next morning, the LORD had told David's prophet Gad

English Revised Version
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When David got up in the morning, the LORD spoke his word to the prophet Gad, David's seer.

International Standard Version
Before David arose the next morning, this message from the LORD came to Gad, David's seer:

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

NET Bible
When David got up the next morning, the LORD had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David's seer:

New Heart English Bible
When David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
For when David had risen in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

World English Bible
When David rose up in the morning, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And David rises in the morning, and the word of YHWH has been to Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
And David will rise in the morning, and the word of Jehovah was to Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And David rose up in the morning, and the word of the Lord went to Gad, the prophet and seer of David, saying:

New American Bible
When David rose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying:

New Revised Standard Version
When David rose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
When David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, saying,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And David arose in the morning and The Word of LORD JEHOVAH came to Gad the Prophet and he said to him
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Judgment for David's Sin
10After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 11When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer: 12“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’ ”…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:9-13
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer, / “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” / So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose ...

1 Samuel 3:10-14
Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” / Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. / On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. ...

2 Samuel 12:1-15
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. / The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, / but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him. ...

1 Kings 21:17-19
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, / “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it. / Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

2 Kings 20:1-5
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, / “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ...

Jeremiah 18:7-10
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...

Isaiah 38:1-5
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, / saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ...

Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

Genesis 20:3-7
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” / Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? / Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.” ...

Numbers 12:6-8
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. / But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. / I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Matthew 1:20-24
But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. / She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” / All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ...

Acts 10:9-16
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ...

Acts 9:10-16
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered. / “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. / In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” ...

Matthew 2:13-15
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, / to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. / The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” ...


Treasury of Scripture

For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

Gad

1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

1 Chronicles 2:19
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

seer

1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

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2 Samuel 24
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
25. and the plague stops














When David got up in the morning
This phrase marks the beginning of a new day, symbolizing a fresh start or a moment of revelation. In the Hebrew context, mornings often represent new mercies and opportunities for repentance and obedience (Lamentations 3:22-23). David, having previously sinned by ordering a census, is now at a pivotal moment where God’s message will bring clarity and direction. The morning signifies a time when God’s mercies are renewed, and David is about to receive divine guidance.

the word of the LORD
This phrase underscores the authority and divine origin of the message that is about to be delivered. In Hebrew, "word" (דָּבָר, davar) often implies not just spoken words but also actions and events that God brings to pass. The "word of the LORD" is a powerful concept throughout Scripture, indicating God’s will and purpose being communicated to His people. It is a reminder of the living and active nature of God’s communication with humanity, as seen in Hebrews 4:12.

had come to Gad the prophet
Gad is identified as a prophet, a role of significant importance in Israel. Prophets were God’s mouthpieces, chosen to deliver His messages to kings and the people. The Hebrew term for prophet, "נָבִיא" (navi), suggests one who is called or appointed to speak on behalf of God. Gad’s role as a prophet highlights the divine order and structure within the kingdom, where God communicates His will through chosen individuals. Historically, prophets like Gad were integral in guiding Israel’s leaders, ensuring they remained aligned with God’s covenant.

David’s seer
The term "seer" (רֹאֶה, ro'eh) is an older designation for a prophet, emphasizing the visionary aspect of their role. Seers were those who had the ability to perceive divine visions and insights. This term indicates a close, personal relationship between David and Gad, suggesting that Gad was not only a national prophet but also a personal advisor to the king. The use of "seer" here highlights the intimate and direct communication between God and His chosen leaders, facilitated through trusted prophetic voices. This relationship underscores the importance of spiritual guidance and accountability for those in positions of authority.

(1l) For when David.--Read, and when. There is no suggestion in the original, as seems to be implied in the English, that David's repentance was in consequence of the visit of Gad; on the contrary, it was in consequence of his repentance and confession that the prophet was sent to him.

The prophet Gad.--This prophet has not been mentioned since his warning to David to return from the land of Moab (1Samuel 22:5); but he had probably been all along one of David's counsellors. From 1Chronicles 29:29 it is not unlikely that this account was written by Gad.

Verse 11. - For when, etc.; Hebrew, and David arose in the morning, and a word of Jehovah came unto Gad, a seer of David, saying. The visit of the seer was the result of David's repentance, and not its cause. And he was sent in mercy, that, after such punishment as would cure both king and people of their folly, there might be for both forgiveness. The name for seer is not roeh, the old word used in 1 Samuel 9:9, and which simply means "one who sees;" but chozeh, a gazer, one who looks with fixed eyes, that penetrate into the hidden world.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When David
דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

got up
וַיָּ֥קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

in the morning,
בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (bab·bō·qer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

a revelation
וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

from the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had come
הָיָה֙ (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Gad
גָּ֣ד (gāḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1410: Gad -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet

the prophet,
הַנָּבִ֔יא (han·nā·ḇî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

David’s
דָוִ֖ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

seer:
חֹזֵ֥ה (ḥō·zêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2374: A beholder in vision, a compact


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