Gad (1 Samuel 22)

Gad (1 Samuel 22) is a prophet living at the time of the united monarchy. He is named in 13 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Samuel 22:5.

Verses

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 22:5
  And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 24:11
  For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
• 2 Samuel 24:13
  So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
• 2 Samuel 24:14
  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
• 2 Samuel 24:18
  And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
• 2 Samuel 24:19
  And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 21:9
  And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
• 1 Chronicles 21:11
  So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose theeSo Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
• 1 Chronicles 21:13
  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
• 1 Chronicles 21:18
  Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• 1 Chronicles 21:19
  And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 29:29
  Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 29:25
  And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.