2 Samuel 24:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)
  • 1 Sam 22:5 : 5 And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;
  • 1 Chr 2:19 : 19 And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.

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    8 Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

    9 Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

    10 Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, so that I may do it to you.

    11 So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:

    12 Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

    13 And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

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    17 And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

    18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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    16 And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

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    18 Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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    12 Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.

    13 So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

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    4 Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

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