person · P0065
Gad HaChozeh גד החוזה
Gad accompanies David's story from the years of flight to the consolidation of Jerusalem. He directs David back into Judah, delivers the divine choice of punishments after the census, and identifies the site where David must build an altar. Chronicles also treats him as an authority for worship arrangements and as a recorder of David's reign.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- גד החוזה
- Also known as
- Gad the Seer, Gad the Prophet
- Era
- bible
- Colleagues
- Natan HaNavi
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 2880–2924 AM, during David's rise and reign
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈44 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| While David was in the stronghold, Gad instructed him not to remain there but to enter the land of Judah, and David went to the forest of Hereth.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| After David's census, Gad offered him a choice among three punishments and later instructed him to erect an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Chronicles states that the arrangement of Levitical musicians with instruments was commanded through David, Gad the king's seer, and Natan the prophet.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Chronicles names the records of Gad the seer among the written sources for David's reign.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The traditional placement c. 2880–2924 AM, during David's rise and reign, is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction from his appearances from David's flight from Shaul through the census crisis late in David's reign; the cited sources do not state an absolute AM range.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |