Gad

Now, the Acts of King David, which are compiled in 1 and 2 Samuel, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer.

in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the chronicles of Gad the seer, with all his reign, his power, and circumstances which came on him, on Israel, and all the kingdoms of the lands.

The latter parts of 1 Samuel and all of 2 Samuel may have been written by these various prophets and edited together from their records into 1 Samuel.

and 2 Samuel, which also sheds light on why the Septuagint translators would call it the Book of Kingdoms and not Samuel, or 1 and 2 Samuel, in that case, because Samuel was not the only author.

You know, receive correction from trusted friends.

Thank God there was Prophet Nathan, there was Joab, and there was Prophet Gad, whom God used to speak to David time and again.

Get him back on track.

And we should be open to receiving correction from trusted friends.

But God in his mercy enabled David to retain the kingdom.

And here's something to top it all.

You know, when David ordered the census and God had to bring judgment, he sent prophet Gad.

He said, you know, I'm giving you three options.

God was his power.

So God curses him, and after he does the census, God says, what do you want, David? The prophet Gad comes before him and says, what do you want? Three years of famine in the nation? Three months of running away from your enemies? Or three days of plague that many people will die in? And he says that he will receive the three days of plague so 70,000 men die.

When leaders sin... others follow when a covenant head sins all fall with them the wrath of god and the plague of the angel that is destroying israel is averted through david's prayer his purchase of a sacrificial spot and his offering up the atoning sacrifice here david is pictured as both speaking to god like prophet and making a sacrifice like a priest and ruling like a king Next week, we'll look at the book of Psalms.

And as you hear his life, he's the right kind of guy.

King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the temple of the Lord with cymbals, lyres, and harps.

He obeyed all the commands that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king's seer, and the prophet Nathan.

So it doesn't tell us in 1 Chronicles, it comes across if we're just reading just this as like David's just making decisions.

But if we keep reading...

When it gets to King Hezekiah, it is noted there that he makes decisions following the decisions David made from Gad the seer, who we've already met, and Nathan the prophet, which means he is consulting the Lord in these decisions.

And I just think it's important for us to know and special for us to understand and to know that we can't just read one verse in the Bible.

We got to make sure that it all lines up because then we get into those phrases where we're like, oh, but I thought anytime I say that, I'm researching something.