Gad remained loyal to David throughout his reign and is later listed as a compiler of the kingвЂ™s chronicles (1 Chronicles 29:29). Gad later went back to David to give him the LordвЂ™s command about making his sin right through offering a sacrifice (2 Samuel 24:18). After David had sinned by numbering the troops, the Lord sent Gad to rebuke him and give three options of punishment (2 Samuel 24:11вЂ“14). Gad, it appears, was an honorable man and faithfully spoke the LordвЂ™s words to David. However, seers were not always trustworthy, and the Lord brought judgment on those who spoke from their own authority (Jeremiah 14:14вЂ“15). The difference is that these seers were to represent the LordвЂ™s counsel and not merely present good advice. At that time, kings had specific prophets whose counsel they sought, much as an American President has an advisory council. Gad is not mentioned again until David took the throne as the king of Israel and Gad is named as his seer (2 Samuel 24:11). At that time, Gad counsels David to leave Moab and return to Judah (1 Samuel 22:5). Gad appears suddenly in the book of 1 Samuel as a consultant to David while he was on the run from Saul. Seers were sought by kings and others in authority when they needed direction from the Lord (2 Kings 17:13 1 Chronicles 25:5). In the Old Testament, those prophets are sometimes called seers (1 Samuel 9:9). Before the Holy Spirit was poured out on believers at Pentecost (Acts 2), God communicated to His people primarily through His chosen prophets. Gad the seer (or prophet) is first mentioned in 1 Samuel 22:5.

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