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So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days` pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
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Seven Years or Three?
Commentators highlight a difference between the "seven years" of famine in this verse and the "three years" in 1 Chronicles 21:12. Some suggest the "three years" fits the pattern of threes better (three months, three days). Others propose a reconciliation, suggesting that three recent years of famine plus a barren current year and three new years would total seven.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 24:13
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 2 Samuel 24:13
19th Century
Bishop
Seven years. —In Chronicles “three years,” and the Septuagint also reads this here. This would be more in accordance with the “thr…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 24:13
17th Century
Pastor
So Gad came to David, and told him
Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms that Dav…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 24:10–15
17th Century
Minister
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…