Gad:
(a troop).
(1.) Jacob's seventh son, the first‐born of Zilpah, Leah's maid, and whole‐brother to Asher (Genesis 30:11-13; 46:16; 46:18). (B.C. 1753‐1740)
(2.) "The seer," or "the king's seer," i.e. David's (1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25) was a "prophet" who appears to have joined David when in the old (1 Samuel 22:5). (B.C. 1061) He reappears in connection with the punishment inflicted for the numbering of the people (2 Samuel 24:11-19; 1 Chronicles 21:9-19). He wrote a book of the Acts of David (1 Chronicles 29:29) and also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God." (2 Chronicles 29:25).
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