Gad

AI summary: This Gad matters because the cross references present him as one of the main prophetic voices shaping David's kingship from within. He directs David from the stronghold, later brings the dreadful options of judgment after the census, and identifies the sacrificial site that becomes crucial for future worship. He is also remembered as a recorder of David's acts and as connected with liturgical arrangements. Taken together, the material presents this Gad as a trusted seer whose words steer king, judgment, and worship at decisive moments.¹

A prophet who joined David in the “hold,” and at whose advice he quitted it for the forest of Hareth (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 29:25; 1 Sam. 22:5). Many years after we find mention made of him in connection with the punishment inflicted for numbering the people (2 Sam. 24:11-19; 1 Chr. 21:9-19). He wrote a book called the “Acts of David” (1 Chr. 29:29), and assisted in the arrangements for the musical services of the “house of God” (2 Chr. 29:25). He bore the title of “the king’s seer” (2 Sam. 24:11, 13; 1 Chr. 21:9). ³