2 Samuel 24 · Verse 11

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,
2 Samuel 24:11, King James Version

2 Samuel 24:11 in other translations

BSBWhen David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
WEBWhen David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
ASVAnd when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
YLTAnd David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,
DARBYAnd when David arose in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
BBEAnd David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
WebsterFor when David had risen in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

What does 2 Samuel 24:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 24:10-13

10-13. David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned--The act of numbering the people was not in itself sinful; for Moses did it by the express authority of God. But David acted not only independently of such order or sanction, but from motives unworthy of the delegated king of Israel; from pride and vainglory; from self-confidence and distrust of God…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 For when David was up - It is supposed that David's contrition arose from the reproof given by Gad, and that in the order of time the reproof came before the confession stated in the 10th verse. David's seer - A holy man of God, under the Divine influence, whom David had as a domestic chaplain.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:10-15

It is well, when a man has sinned, if he has a heart within to smite him for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God would forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, that sin which we cast away by sincere repentance. What we make the matter of our pride, it is just in God to take from us, or make bitter to us, and make it our punishment. This must be such a punishment as the people have a…

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2 Samuel 24:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
בַּבֹּ֑קֶר\ \פba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וּדְבַר\־u.de.var-and [the] word ofH1697
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הָיָה֙ha.Yahit cameH1961
אֶל\־'el-toH413
גָּ֣דgadGadH1410
הַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
חֹזֵ֥הcho.Zeh[the] seer ofH2374
דָוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:11

  • 1 Samuel 9:9

    (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

  • 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.

  • 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,

  • 1 Chronicles 2:19

    And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gad.
1Sa 22:5; 1Ch 2:19; 29:29
seer.
1Sa 9:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 24:10

    And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 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,

  • 2 Samuel 24:12

    Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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2 Samuel 24:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y por la mañana, cuando David se hubo levantado, fué palabra de Jehová á Gad profeta, vidente de David, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le matin, quand David se leva, la parole de l’ Éternel vint à Gad, le prophète, le voyant de David, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als David am Morgen aufstand, da geschah das Wort Jehovas zu Gad, dem Propheten, dem Seher Davids, indem er sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surrexit itaque David mane, et sermo Domini factus est ad Gad prophetam et videntem David, dicens: