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So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
2 Samuel 24:13 has the prophet Gad offering David seven years of famine as one of three punishment options. 1 Chronicles 21:11-12 has Gad offering the same David three years of famine as one of three punishment options.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward reconciliation.
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"2 Samuel 24:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/2-samuel/24/13?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).