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2 Samuel 24:13

Vino, pues , Gad a David, y le denunció, y le dijo: ¿Quieres que te vengan siete años de hambre en tu tierra? ¿O que huyas tres meses delante de tus enemigos, y que ellos te persigan? ¿O que tres días haya pestilencia en tu tierra? Piensa ahora, y mira qué responderé al que me envió.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Contingencies;   Gad;   Nation;   Plague;   Presumption;   Reproof;   Seven;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Numbering of the People;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gad (2);   Number;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gad;   King, Kingship;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy;   Samuel, Books of;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gad, the Prophet;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gad;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Gad;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   Gad;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Advice;   David;   Number;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gad;   Pestilence;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Así que Gad fue a David y se lo hizo saber, diciéndole: ¿Quieres que te vengan siete años de hambre en tu tierra, o que huyas por tres meses delante de tus enemigos mientras te persiguen, o que haya tres días de pestilencia en tu tierra? Considera ahora, y mira qué respuesta he de dar al que me envió.
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Samuel 24:13"> 13 Vino pues Gad David, intimle, y djole: Quieres que te vengan siete aos de hambre en tu tierra? que huyas tres meses delante de tus enemigos, y que ellos te persigan? o que tres das haya pestilencia en tu tierra? Piensa ahora, y mira qu respo
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Vino, pues, Gad a David, y se lo hizo saber, y le dijo: Quieres que te vengan siete aos de hambre en tu tierra? O que huyas tres meses delante de tus enemigos, y que ellos te persigan? O que tres das haya pestilencia en tu tierra? Piensa ahora, y mira qu responder al que me ha enviado.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven: 2 Samuel 21:1, Leviticus 26:20, 1 Kings 17:1-7, 1 Chronicles 21:12, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:21, Luke 4:25

flee: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:52

three days': Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, Psalms 91:6, Ezekiel 14:19-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:30 - seven years Exodus 7:25 - General 1 Samuel 25:12 - came 2 Samuel 23:39 - thirty and seven in all 1 Kings 8:35 - heaven 1 Kings 13:21 - thou hast disobeyed 2 Kings 8:1 - seven years 2 Chronicles 7:13 - I send John 1:22 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Gad came to David, and told him,.... Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms it that David was made sensible of his sin before he came to him:

and said unto him, shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? in 1 Chronicles 21:12, only "three years" are mentioned, and so the Septuagint version here; but Josephus d, the Targum, the Syriac and Arabic versions, have the number "seven"; three seems to be more agreeable to the numbers after mentioned, and no more as to come were designed, though seven are here expressed; for the reconciling of which let it be observed, that there had been three years of famine already on account of the sin of Saul, 2 Samuel 21:1; and in the current year, through the rains not falling in the proper time, the land was barren and unfruitful; or through the penury of the preceding years the famine would be continued at least until the harvest; and then three years more now proposed made seven years; or, if these three years would have immediately followed the other three, the following in course would be a sabbatical year, in which were no ploughing, sowing, nor reaping, or the current year was such an one: and the sense is, shall there be a continuance of seven years of famine, that is, three more added to what had been? which must be most dreadful to think of; but a learned writer e thinks it a mistake of the copier, writing ז, "seven", for ג, "three":

or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? be in such a condition as not to be able to face or fight his enemies, or, if he did, would not be able to stand his ground, but be forced to flee before them, and be pursued by them three months running; during which time a prodigious number might well be thought to be slain, sad devastations made in the land, and great shame and disgrace endured, and what a man of David's spirit could not bear the thoughts of:

or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? which in

1 Chronicles 21:12 is called "the sword of the Lord", in distinction from the sword of man, it coming immediately from him, and the destroying angel, in all the coasts of the land; being inflicted by means of one:

now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me; that is, consult with himself, or with his friends, or both, what answer the prophet must return to the Lord that sent him; for him he means.

d Antiqu. l. 7. c. 13. sect. 2. e Dr. Kennicott's Dissert. 1. p. 474.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Ezekiel 14:13-21. The “seven” years of famine correspond with the “seven” years of famine in Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, and with the same number of years in 2 Kings 8:1. But in Chronicles, it is “three years,” which agrees better with the “three” months and “three” days. The whole passage is amplified in Chronicles, which has less the aspect of an original text than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 24:13. Shall seven years of famine — In 1 Chronicles 21:12, the number is three, not seven; and here the Septuagint has three, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter ז zain, SEVEN, being mistaken for ג gimel, THREE. A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters.


 
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