11 ¶ And when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the Prophet Gad David’s [a]Seer, saying,

12 Go, and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things, choose thee which of them I shall do unto thee.

13 So Gad came to David, and showed him, and said unto him, Wilt thou that [b]seven years famine come upon thee in thy land, or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, they following thee, or that there be three days pestilence in my land? now advise thee, and see, what answer I shall give to him that sent me.

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:11 Whom God had appointed for David and his time.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:13 For three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites’ matter: this was the fourth year to the which should have been added other three years more, 1 Chron. 21:12.

11 Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad(A) the prophet, David’s seer:(B) 12 “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”

13 So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three[a] years of famine(C) in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague(D) in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:13 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 21:12); Hebrew seven