Gad (prophet)
Gad (
land of Judah
.
The next biblical reference to Gad is 2 Samuel 24:11–13 (1 Chronicles 21:9–13) where, after David
confesses his sin of taking a census of the people of Israel and Judah, God sends Gad to David to offer him a choice of three forms of punishment.[2]
Gad is mentioned a final time in the
Jebusite
".
1 Chronicles 21:18–19 tells of an encounter Gad had with the angel of the Lord.
A tomb attributed to Gad is located at Halhul.[3]
The Chronicles of Gad the seer
The words, or chronicle, of Gad the seer are mentioned in 1 Chronicles 29:29 and are generally considered a
lost text
.
References
- ^ Apologetics Press, The Canon and Extra-Canonical Writings, 2003
- ^ See also Josephus, Antiquities, 7:13,4
- ^ Burial Places of the Fathers, published by Yehuda Levi Nahum in book: Ṣohar la-ḥasifat ginzei teiman (Heb. צהר לחשיפת גנזי תימן), Tel-Aviv 1986, p. 253 (Hebrew)
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