Gad (Bible prophet)
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- For Gad, son of Jacob, see Gad (Biblical figure)
Gad was a seer or more commonly understood, a prophet in the Bible. He was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel and some of his writings are believed to be included in 1 and 2 Samuel.[1] He is first mentioned in 2 Samuel 22:5 telling David to return to the land of Judah. The best-known Biblical passage referencing Gad however is 2 Samuel 24:11-13, where after David confesses his sin of taking a census of the people of Israel and Judah, God sends Gad to David to offer him his choice of three forms of punishment.[2]
"And David rose up in the morning; and the word of the LORD came to Gad the prophet, David's seer, saying ..." (2 Samuel 24:11)
Gad is mentioned a last time in 2 Samuel coming to David and telling him to build an altar to God after He stops the plague that David chose.
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- ^ http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/1972
- ^ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=10&chapter=24&version=31&context=chapter
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