SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:13
Vino, pues , Gad a David, y le denunció, y le dijo: ¿Quieres que te vengan siete años de hambre en tu tierra? ¿O que huyas tres meses delante de tus enemigos, y que ellos te persigan? ¿O que tres días haya pestilencia en tu tierra? Piensa ahora, y mira qué responderé al que me envió.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13
Verse 13. Shall seven years of famine] In 1 Chron. xxi. 12, the number is three, not seven; and here the Septuagint has three, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter z zain, SEVEN, being mistaken for g gimel, THREE. A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. So Gad came to David, and told him , etc.] Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms it that David was made sensible of his sin before he came to him: and said unto him, shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land ? in ( 1 Chronicles 21:12), only “three years” are mentioned, and so the Septuagint version here; but Josephus f419 , the Targum, the Syriac and Arabic versions, have the number “seven”; three seems to be more agreeable to the numbers after mentioned, and no more as to come were designed, though seven are here expressed; for the reconciling of which let it be observed, that there had been three years of famine already on account of the sin of Saul, ( 2 Samuel 21:1); and in the current year, through the rains not falling in the proper time, the land was barren and unfruitful; or through the penury of the preceding years the famine would be continued at least until the harvest; and then three years more now proposed made seven years; or, if these three years would have immediately followed the other three, the following in course would be a sabbatical year, in which were no ploughing, sowing, nor reaping, or the current year was such an one: and the sense is, shall there be a continuance of seven years of famine, that is, three more added to what had been? which must be most dreadful to think of; but a learned writer thinks it a mistake of the copier, writing z , “seven”, for g , “three”: or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee ? be in such a condition as not to be able to face or fight his enemies, or, if he did, would not be able to stand his ground, but be forced to flee before them, and be pursued by them three months running; during which time a prodigious number might well be thought to be slain, sad devastations made in the land, and great shame and disgrace endured, and what a man of David’s spirit could not bear the thoughts of: or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land ? which in ( Chronicles 21:12) is called “the sword of the Lord”, in distinction from the sword of man, it coming immediately from him, and the destroying angel, in all the coasts of the land; being inflicted by means of one: now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me ; that is, consult with himself, or with his friends, or both, what answer the prophet must return to the Lord that sent him; for him he means.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-15 - It is well, when a man has sinned, if he has a heart within to smit him for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God woul forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, that sin which we cas 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 ou punishment. This must be such a punishment as the people have a larg share in, for though it was David's sin that opened the sluice, the sins of the people all contributed to the flood. In this difficulty David chose a judgment which came immediately from God, whose mercie he knew to be very great, rather than from men, who would have triumphed in the miseries of Israel, and have been thereby hardened in their idolatry. He chose the pestilence; he and his family would be a much exposed to it as the poorest Israelite; and he would continue for a shorter time under the Divine rebuke, however severe it was. The rapid destruction by the pestilence shows how easily God can bring dow the proudest sinners, and how much we owe daily to the Divine patience.
Original Hebrew
ויבא 935 גד 1410 אל 413 דוד 1732 ויגד 5046 לו ויאמר 559 לו התבוא 935 לך שׁבע 7651 שׁנים 8141 רעב 7458 בארצך 776 אם 518 שׁלשׁה 7969 חדשׁים 2320 נסך 5127 לפני 6440 צריך 6862 והוא 1931 רדפך 7291 ואם 518 היות 1961 שׁלשׁת 7969 ימים 3117 דבר 1698 בארצך 776 עתה 6258 דע 3045 וראה 7200 מה 4100 אשׁיב 7725 שׁלחי 7971 דבר׃ 1697
