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Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck", / ɡ æ d /) was a seer or prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of Jewish historian Josephus.He was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel and, according to the Talmudic tradition, some of his writings are believed to be included in the Books of Samuel. [1]
Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (and the seventh of Jacob's twelve sons overall) and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Gad. [2] The text of Genesis implies that the name Gad means “luck”/“fortunate”, in Hebrew.
Gad was a member of the Northern Kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time onwards, the Tribe of Gad has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. A genealogy of the "children of Gad" is set out in 1 Chronicles 5:11–17.
Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, usually depicted as a male but sometimes as a female, [2] and is attested in ancient records of Aram and Arabia.Gad is also mentioned in the bible as a deity in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 65:11 – some translations simply call him (the god of) Fortune), as having been worshipped by a number of Hebrews during the Babylonian captivity. [3]
Vernon Carrington (November 1, 1936 – March 22, 2005), also known as the prophet Gad, founded the Twelve Tribes of Israel branch of the Rastafari movement in 1968. [1] Carrington was born in Kingston, Jamaica. [2] To his many followers across Jamaica and the world he was known as the Prophet Gad.
According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan, [2] but modern scholars view it as a composition of a number of independent texts of various ages from c. 630–540 BCE. [3] [4] This chapter contains the account of David's reign in Jerusalem.
For Gad, who has two daughters with wife Ida Darvish, the story hit close to home as both a parent and an ’80s kid. "PictureFace Lizzy" is the first children's book from author and actor Josh Gad.
David is horrified, arguing that it should be him and his family who are punished. Gad tells David to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Araunah offers to sell the land to David for free but David insists on paying. David pays fifty shekels of silver and builds the altar, stopping the plague.