Gad (Bible prophet)
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Gad was a seer or prophet
in the Hebrew Bible
. He was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel
and some of his writings are believed to be included in the Books of Samuel
. He is first mentioned in telling David to return to the land of Judah.
The most important Biblical reference to Gad is :11-13, 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 his choice of three forms of punishment.
Gad is mentioned a last time in , coming to David and telling him to build an altar to God after He stops the plague that David chose.
A tomb attributed to Gad is located at Halhul
, West Bank
.
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
. He was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and some of his writings are believed to be included in the Books of Samuel
Books of Samuel
The Books of Samuel in the Jewish bible are part of the Former Prophets, , a theological history of the Israelites affirming and explaining the Torah under the guidance of the prophets.Samuel begins by telling how the prophet Samuel is chosen by...
. He is first mentioned in telling David to return to the land of Judah.
The most important Biblical reference to Gad is :11-13, 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 his choice of three forms of punishment.
Gad is mentioned a last time in , coming to David and telling him to build an altar to God after He stops the plague that David chose.
A tomb attributed to Gad is located at Halhul
Halhul
Halhul is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 22,108 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2007.- History :...
, West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
.