“Et locutus est Dominus ad Gad videntem Davidis, dicens :”
“And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,”
“And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,”
“Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,”
“And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,”
Seer, or prophet, whom David kept at court and consulted. He was endued himself with the prophetic spirit.
David is here under the rod for numbering the people, that rod of correction which drives out the foolishness that is bound up in the heart, the foolishness of pride. Let us briefly observe,