2 Samuel 24 · Verse 19

2 Samuel 24:19

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
2 Samuel 24:19, King James Version

2 Samuel 24:19 in other translations

BSBSo David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
WEBDavid went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded.
ASVAnd David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.
YLTand David goeth up, according to the word of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.
DARBYAnd David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as Jehovah had commanded.
BBESo David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.
WebsterAnd David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

What does 2 Samuel 24:19 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:18-25

God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Those know not what religion is, who chiefly care to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. For what have we our substance, but to honour God with it…

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2 Samuel 24:19 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.

וַיַּ֤עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732
כִּדְבַר\־kid.var-according to [the] word ofH1697
גָּ֔דGadGadH1410
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
צִוָּ֥הtzi.Vahhe had commandedH6680
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:19

  • Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  • Genesis 6:22

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:19

    And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:20

    And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • Nehemiah 9:26

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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as the Lord.
Ge 6:22; 1Ch 21:19; 2Ch 20:20; 36:16; Ne 9:26; Heb 11:8

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Samuel 24:19

    And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

  • 2 Samuel 24:20

    And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

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2 Samuel 24:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y subió David, conforme al dicho de Gad, que Jehová le había mandado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et David monta selon la parole de Gad, comme l’ Éternel l’avait commandé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und David ging hinauf, nach dem Worte Gads, so wie Jehova geboten hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ascendit David juxta sermonem Gad, quem præceperat ei Dominus.