Difference between revisions of "Gad"

<p> (גּד , <i> ''''' gādh ''''' </i> , "fortunate"): David's seer ( <i> ''''' ḥōzeh ''''' </i> , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 21:9; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 29:29; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:25 ), or prophet ( <i> ''''' nābhı̄ ''''' </i> ); compare &nbsp;1 Samuel 22:5; &nbsp;2 Samuel 24:11 ). He appears (1) to advise David while an outlaw fleeing before Saul to return to the land of Judah (&nbsp;1 Samuel 22:5 ); (2) to rebuke David and give him his choice of punishments when, in spite of the advice of [[Joab]] and the traditional objections (compare &nbsp;Exodus 30:11 ), he had counted the children of [[Israel]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 24:11; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 21:9 ); (3) to instruct David to erect an altar on the threshing-floor of [[Araunah]] when the plague that had descended on Israel ceased (&nbsp;2 Samuel 24:18; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 21:18 ); and (4) to assist in the arrangement of [[Levitical]] music with cymbals, psalteries and harps (compare &nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:25 ). Of his writings none are known, though he is said to have written a history of a part of David's reign (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 29:29 ). </p>