1 Samuel 22:5

World English Bible (2000)

The prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

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  • 1 Chr 21:9 : 9 Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.
  • 2 Sam 24:11 : 11 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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    18 Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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    18 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, "Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

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