So Gad came to David and told him; and he said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ plague in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”
Commentaries
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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 w…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Seven years. —In Chronicles “three years,” and the Septuagint also reads this here. This would be more in accordance with the “thr…
John Gill
JohnGill
So Gad came to David, and told him
Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms that Dav…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
It is well, when a person has sinned, if they have a heart within to convict them for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God wou…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes