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1 Chronicles 21:9 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 21 · verse 9
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,1 Chronicles 21:9 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 21:9 in context
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
10Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- David'sDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- seerchôzeha beholder in visionH2374 →
- GadGâdGad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territoryH1410 →
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David is here under the rod for numbering the people, that rod of correction which drives out the foolishness that is bound up in the heart, the foolishness of pride. Let us briefly observe, I. How he was corrected. If God's dearest children do amiss, they must expect to smart for it. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-17