naw-gad'
a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out
opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest;
figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one
present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain,
praise:--bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing),
denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess,
rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, How [04100] went the matter [01697]? I pray thee, tell [05046] me. And he answered [0559], That the people [05971] are fled [05127] from the battle [04421], and many [07235] of the people [05971] also are fallen [05307] and dead [04191]; and Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] are dead [04191] also.How…: Heb. What was, etc
And David [01732] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that told [05046] him, How knowest [03045] thou that Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] be dead [04191]?
And the young man [05288] that told [05046] him said [0559], As I happened [07136] by chance [07122] upon mount [02022] Gilboa [01533], behold, Saul [07586] leaned [08172] upon his spear [02595]; and, lo, the chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] [01167] followed hard [01692] after him.
And David [01732] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that told [05046] him, Whence art thou? And he answered [0559], I am the son [01121] of a stranger [01616] [0376], an Amalekite [06003].
Tell [05046] it not in Gath [01661], publish [01319] it not in the streets [02351] of Askelon [0831]; lest the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430] rejoice [08055], lest the daughters [01323] of the uncircumcised [06189] triumph [05937].
And the men [0582] of Judah [03063] came [0935], and there they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063]. And they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], That the men [0582] of Jabesh–gilead [01568] [03003] were they that buried [06912] Saul [07586].
When Joab [03097] and all the host [06635] that was with him were come [0935], they told [05046] Joab [03097], saying [0559], Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369] came [0935] to the king [04428], and he hath sent him away [07971], and he is gone [03212] in peace [07965].
When one told [05046] me, saying [0559], Behold, Saul [07586] is dead [04191], thinking to have brought [05869] good tidings [01319], I took hold [0270] of him, and slew [02026] him in Ziklag [06860], who thought that I would have given [05414] him a reward for his tidings [01309]:thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etcwho…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings
And it was told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] hath blessed [01288] the house [01004] of Obed–edom [05654], and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark [0727] of God [0430]. So David [01732] went [03212] and brought up [05927] the ark [0727] of God [0430] from the house [01004] of Obed–edom [05654] into the city [05892] of David [01732] with gladness [08057].
And as since the time [03117] that I commanded [06680] judges [08199] to be over my people [05971] Israel [03478], and have caused thee to rest [05117] from all thine enemies [0341]. Also the Lord [03068] telleth [05046] thee that he will make [06213] thee an house [01004].
When they told [05046] it unto David [01732], he sent [07971] to meet [07125] them, because the men [0582] were greatly [03966] ashamed [03637]: and the king [04428] said [0559], Tarry [03427] at Jericho [03405] until your beards [02206] be grown [06779], and then return [07725].
And when it was told [05046] David [01732], he gathered [0622] all Israel [03478] together [0622], and passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] to Helam [02431]. And the Syrians [0758] set themselves in array [06186] against [07125] David [01732], and fought [03898] with him.
And the woman [0802] conceived [02029], and sent [07971] and told [05046] David [01732], and said [0559], I am with child [02030].
And when they had told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Uriah [0223] went not down [03381] unto his house [01004], David [01732] said [0559] unto Uriah [0223], Camest [0935] thou not from thy journey [01870]? why then didst thou not go down [03381] unto thine house [01004]?
Then Joab [03097] sent [07971] and told [05046] David [01732] all the things [01697] concerning the war [04421];
So the messenger [04397] went [03212], and came [0935] and shewed [05046] David [01732] all that Joab [03097] had sent [07971] him for.
And it came to pass on the seventh [07637] day [03117], that the child [03206] died [04191]. And the servants [05650] of David [01732] feared [03372] to tell [05046] him that the child [03206] was dead [04191]: for they said [0559], Behold, while the child [03206] was yet alive [02416], we spake [01696] unto him, and he would not hearken [08085] unto our voice [06963]: how will he then [06213] vex [07451] himself [06213], if we tell [0559] him that the child [03206] is dead [04191]?vex: Heb. do hurt
And he said [0559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's [04428] son [01121], lean [01800] from day [01242] to day [01242]? wilt thou not tell [05046] me? And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto him, I love [0157] Tamar [08559], my brother [0251] Absalom's [053] sister [0269].lean: Heb. thinfrom day…: Heb. morning by morning
So Joab [03097] came [0935] to the king [04428], and told [05046] him: and when he had called [07121] for Absalom [053], he came [0935] to the king [04428], and bowed [07812] himself on his face [0639] to the ground [0776] before [06440] the king [04428]: and the king [04428] kissed [05401] Absalom [053].
And there came [0935] a messenger [05046] to David [01732], saying [0559], The hearts [03820] of the men [0376] of Israel [03478] are after [0310] Absalom [053].
See [07200], I will tarry [04102] in the plain [05679] [06160] of the wilderness [04057], until there come [0935] word [01697] from you to certify [05046] me.
And one told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Ahithophel [0302] is among the conspirators [07194] with Absalom [053]. And David [01732] said [0559], O Lord [03068], I pray thee, turn the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302] into foolishness [05528].
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] the priests [03548]? therefore it shall be, that what thing [01697] soever thou shalt hear [08085] out of the king's [04428] house [01004], thou shalt tell [05046] it to Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] the priests [03548].
Now therefore send [07971] quickly [04120], and tell [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Lodge [03885] not this night [03915] in the plains [05679] [06160] of the wilderness [04057], but speedily [05674] pass over [05674]; lest the king [04428] be swallowed up [01104], and all the people [05971] that are with him.
Now Jonathan [03083] and Ahimaaz [0290] stayed [05975] by En–rogel [05883]; for they might [03201] not be seen [07200] to come [0935] into the city [05892]: and a wench [08198] went [01980] and told [05046] them; and they went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732].
Nevertheless a lad [05288] saw [07200] them, and told [05046] Absalom [053]: but they went [03212] both [08147] of them away quickly [04120], and came [0935] to a man's [0376] house [01004] in Bahurim [0980], which had a well [0875] in his court [02691]; whither [08033] they went down [03381].
And it came to pass, after [0310] they were departed [03212], that they came up [05927] out of the well [0875], and went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], and said [0559] unto David [01732], Arise [06965], and pass quickly [04120] over [05674] the water [04325]: for thus hath Ahithophel [0302] counselled [03289] against you.
And a certain [0259] man [0376] saw [07200] it, and told [05046] Joab [03097], and said [0559], Behold, I saw [07200] Absalom [053] hanged [08518] in an oak [0424].
And Joab [03097] said [0559] unto the man [0376] that told [05046] him, And, behold, thou sawest [07200] him, and why didst thou not smite [05221] him there to the ground [0776]? and I would have given [05414] thee ten [06235] shekels of silver [03701], and a [0259] girdle [02290].
Then said [0559] Joab [03097] to Cushi [03569], Go [03212] tell [05046] the king [04428] what thou hast seen [07200]. And Cushi [03569] bowed [07812] himself unto Joab [03097], and ran [07323].
And the watchman [06822] cried [07121], and told [05046] the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559], If he be alone, there is tidings [01309] in his mouth [06310]. And he came [03212] apace [01980], and drew near [07131].
And it was told [05046] Joab [03097], Behold, the king [04428] weepeth [01058] and mourneth [056] for Absalom [053].
In that thou lovest [0157] thine enemies [08130], and hatest [08130] thy friends [0157]. For thou hast declared [05046] this day [03117], that thou regardest neither princes [08269] nor servants [05650]: for this day [03117] I perceive [03045], that if [03863] Absalom [053] had lived [02416], and all we had died [04191] this day [03117], then it had pleased thee well [05869] [03477].In…: Heb. By loving, etcthat thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee
Then the king [04428] arose [06965], and sat [03427] in the gate [08179]. And they told [05046] unto all the people [05971], saying [0559], Behold, the king [04428] doth sit [03427] in the gate [08179]. And all the people [05971] came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428]: for Israel [03478] had fled [05127] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
And it was told [05046] David [01732] what Rizpah [07532] the daughter [01323] of Aiah [0345], the concubine [06370] of Saul [07586], had done [06213].
So Gad [01410] came [0935] to David [01732], and told [05046] him, and said [0559] unto him, Shall seven [07651] years [08141] of famine [07458] come [0935] unto thee in thy land [0776]? or wilt thou flee [05127] three [07969] months [02320] before [06440] thine enemies [06862], while they pursue [07291] thee? or that there be three [07969] days' [03117] pestilence [01698] in thy land [0776]? now advise [03045], and see [07200] what answer [01697] I shall return [07725] to him that sent [07971] me.