1 Chronicles 21:9

THE MESSAGE

God answered by speaking to Gad, David's pastor: "Go and give David this message: ‘ God 's word: You have your choice of three punishments; choose one and I'll do the rest.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord instructed Gad, David’s seer,

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Gad, who was David's seer,

New English Translation
The Lord told Gad, David's prophet,

Amplified Bible
And the LORD said to Gad, David's seer,

New American Standard Bible
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD instructed Gad, David's seer,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Gad, one of David's prophets,

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai spoke to Gad, David's seer:

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Gad was David's seer. The Lord said to Gad, "Go and tell David: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to give you three choices. You must choose one of them. Then I will punish you the way you choose.'"

George Lamsa Translation
And David arose early in the morning, and the word of the LORD came to Gad, the prophet, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Gad, David's prophet,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying,

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lord spake vnto Gad Dauids sear, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Gad, Dauids Seer, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Gad, the profete of Dauid,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

New Living Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer. This was the message:

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Gad, David's man of God,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Gad, the seer of David saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Contextual Overview

⁸ Then David prayed, "I have sinned badly in what I have just done, substituting statistics for trust; forgive my sin—I've been really stupid." ⁹ God answered by speaking to Gad, David's pastor: "Go and give David this message: ‘ God 's word: You have your choice of three punishments; choose one and I'll do the rest.'" ¹¹Gad delivered the message to David: "Do you want three years of famine, three months of running from your enemies while they chase you down, or three days of the sword of God —an epidemic unleashed on the country by an angel of God ? Think it over and make up your mind. What shall I tell the One who sent me?" ¹³ David told Gad, "They're all terrible! But I'd rather be punished by God whose mercy is great, than fall into human hands." ¹⁴So God unleashed an epidemic in Israel—seventy thousand Israelites died. God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, "Enough's enough! Pull back!" The angel of God had just reached the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David looked up and saw the angel hovering between earth and sky, sword drawn and about to strike Jerusalem. David and the elders bowed in prayer and covered themselves with rough burlap. David prayed, "Please! I'm the one who sinned; I'm the one at fault. But these sheep, what did they do wrong? Punish me, not them, me and my family; don't take it out on them." The angel of God ordered Gad to tell David to go and build an altar to God on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David did what Gad told him in obedience to God 's command. Meanwhile Araunah had quit threshing the wheat and was watching the angel; his four sons took cover and hid. David came up to Araunah. When Araunah saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed deeply before David, honoring the king. David said to Araunah, "Give me the site of the threshing floor so I can build an altar to God . Charge me the market price; we're going to put an end to this disaster." "O Master, my king," said Araunah, "just take it; do whatever you want with it! Look, here's an ox for the burnt offering and threshing paddles for the fuel and wheat for the meal offering—it's all yours!" David replied to Araunah, "No. I'm buying it from you, and at the full market price. I'm not going to offer God sacrifices that are no sacrifice." So David bought the place from Araunah for six hundred shekels of gold. He built an altar to God there and sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings. He called out to God and God answered by striking the altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering with lightning. Then God told the angel to put his sword back into its scabbard. And that's the story of what happened when David saw that God answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite at the time he offered the sacrifice. At this time the Tabernacle that Moses had constructed in the desert, and with it the Altar of Burnt Offering, were set up at the worship center at Gibeon. But David, terrified by the angel's sword, wouldn't go there to ¹⁶David, Satan, and Araunah Now Satan entered the scene and seduced David into taking a census of Israel. David gave orders to Joab and the army officers under him, "Canvass all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and get a count of the population. I want to know the number." Joab resisted: "May God multiply his people by hundreds! Don't they all belong to my master the king? But why on earth would you do a thing like this—why risk getting Israel into trouble with God?" But David wouldn't take no for an answer, so Joab went off and did it—canvassed the country and then came back to Jerusalem and reported the results of the census: There were 1,100,000 fighting men; of that total, Judah accounted for 470,000. Joab, disgusted by the command—it, in fact, turned his stomach!—protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking. And God, offended by the whole thing, punished Israel. Then David prayed, "I have sinned badly in what I have just done, substituting statistics for trust; forgive my sin—I've been really stupid." God answered by speaking to Gad, David's pastor: "Go and give David this message: ‘ God 's word: You have your choice of three punishments; choose one and I'll do the rest.'" Gad delivered the message to David: "Do you want three years of famine, three months of running from your enemies while they chase you down, or three days of the sword of God —an epidemic unleashed on the country by an angel of God ? Think it over and make up your mind. What shall I tell the One who sent me?" David told Gad, "They're all terrible! But I'd rather be punished by God whose mercy is great, than fall into human hands." So God unleashed an epidemic in Israel—seventy thousand Israelites died. God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, "Enough's enough! Pull back!" The angel of God had just reached the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David looked up and saw the angel hovering between earth and sky, sword drawn and about to strike Jerusalem. David and the elders bowed in prayer and covered themselves with rough burlap. ¹⁷ David prayed, "Please! I'm the one who sinned; I'm the one at fault. But these sheep, what did they do wrong? Punish me, not them, me and my family; don't take it out on them."

Bible Verse Review
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Gad: 1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 24:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:4 - in the hold 1 Chronicles 25:5 - the king's seer 2 Chronicles 29:25 - Gad

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, " God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.

Genesis 17:20
"And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I'll also bless him; I'll make sure he has plenty of children—a huge family. He'll father twelve princes; I'll make him a great nation. But I'll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year."

Genesis 21:1
God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised: Sarah became pregnant and gave Abraham a son in his old age, and at the very time God had set. Abraham named him Isaac. When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.

Genesis 21:5
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born. Sarah said, God has blessed me with laughter and all who get the news will laugh with me!

Genesis 21:14
Abraham got up early the next morning, got some food together and a canteen of water for Hagar, put them on her back and sent her away with the child. She wandered off into the desert of Beersheba. When the water was gone, she left the child under a shrub and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, "I can't watch my son die." As she sat, she broke into sobs.

Genesis 21:24
Abraham said, "I swear it."

2 Chronicles 30:10
So the couriers set out, going from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far north as Zebulun. But the people poked fun at them, treated them as a joke. But not all; some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun weren't too proud to accept the invitation and come to Jerusalem. It was better in Judah—God worked powerfully among them to make it unanimous, responding to the orders sent out by the king and his officials, orders backed up by the word of God .

Job 30:1
"But no longer. Now I'm the butt of their jokes— young ruffians! whippersnappers! Why, I considered their fathers mere inexperienced pups. But they are worse than dogs—good for nothing, stray, mangy animals, Half-starved, scavenging the back alleys, howling at the moon; Homeless guttersnipes chewing on old bones and licking old tin cans; Outcasts from the community, cursed as dangerous delinquents. Nobody would put up with them; they were driven from the neighborhood. You could hear them out there at the edge of town, yelping and barking, huddled in junkyards, A gang of beggars and no-names, thrown out on their ears.

Psalms 22:6
And here I am, a nothing—an earthworm, something to step on, to squash. Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads: "Let's see how God handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!"

Proverbs 20:11
Young people eventually reveal by their actions if their motives are on the up and up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".