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2 Samuel 24:19
So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records David’s immediate response after the prophet Gad delivers a divine command to build an altar on Araunah’s threshing floor. David acts upon Gad’s message at that precise moment.
The words — The verb וַיַּעַל (va.ya‘al) literally means “he went up,” describing David’s physical ascent to the designated location. The phrase כִּדְבַר (ki’d.var) translates to “according to the word,” marking strict adherence to Gad’s report.
The thread — David’s compliance parallels Noah’s precise obedience in Genesis 6:22 and Abraham’s departure in Hebrews 11:8. The parallel account in 1 Chronicles 21:19 confirms the event through the same prophetic channel.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate, unhesitating action when divine instruction arrives through a recognized messenger. It establishes obedience as the necessary response to prophetic authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- 1 Chronicles 21:19 So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Nehemiah 9:26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.