Study it in the app“The acts of David the king, the first and the last, are written in the words of Samuel the seer, and in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Gad the seer,”
The actsוְדִבְרֵיof Davidדָּוִידthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְthe firstהָרִאשֹׁנִיםand the last,וְהָאֲחרֹנִיםare writtenהִנָּם כְּתוּבִיםinעַלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלthe seer,הָרֹאֶהand inוְעַלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof Nathanנָתָןthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאand inוְעַלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof Gadגָּדthe seer,הַחֹזֶה
deeds
What someone did, set down in writing.
Where else “divre” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishonim” appearslast
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “achronim” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “ketuvim” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsNathan
Nathan: the name of several men; the best known are a son of David born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:14) and the prophet who spoke to David (2 Samuel 7; 12). It means "he has given."
Where else “natan” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsGad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appearsseer
A prophet who sees what God shows him.
Where else “choze” appears“Acts” and “words” translate the same Hebrew word; “the words of Samuel” are his written account. The Hebrew uses two different words for “seer” (the one for Samuel and the one for Gad); both name one who receives visions from God.
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The death of David
1 Chronicles 29:26-30
26Thus David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27The days that he reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 28He died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29The acts of David the king, the first and the last, are written in the words of Samuel the seer, and in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Gad the seer, 30with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.
10And David lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 12And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established firmly.
28He died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
29 · This verse (above)
30with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.
