It is for kings to search out a matter it is written, he reveals his secrets to the righteous. There are frequent references in the Tanak to “lost books” that are cited in the Tanak bu which do not appear in our current canon. These “lost books” include the following:
The Book of Enoch is not included in the traditional Christian Bible1. However, Enoch is referenced in the New Testament in the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and in the Epistle of Jude, the last of which also quotes from it2. Enoch is also mentioned in Genesis 5:18-24, 1 Chronicles 1:3, Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5-6, and Jude 1:14-153.
- Book of the Wars of YHWH (Num. 21:14)
- Manner of the Kingdom by Samuel (1 Sam. 10:25)
- Acts of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41)
- Book of Samuel the Seer (1 Chron. 29:29)
- Book of Gad the Seer (1 Chron. 29:29)
- Book of Nathan the Prophet (1 Chron. 29:29; 2 Chron. 9:29)
- Prophecy of Abijah (2 Chron. 9:29)
- Visions of Iddo the Seer (2 Chron. 9:29; 12:15)
- The Midrash of Iddo (2 Chron. 13:22)
- Book of Shemiah (2 Chron. 12:15)
- Book of Jehu (2 Chron. 20:34)
- Acts of Uzziah by Isaiah (2 Chron. 26:22)
- Sayings of the Seers (2 Chron. 33:19)
- The Book of Jasher (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18)
- The Annals of the Kings of Judah 1 Kings 14:29
The Annals of the Kings of Israel 1 Kings 14:19
Acts of the Kings of Israel 2 Chronicles 33:18
History of Nathan the Prophet 2 Chronicles 9:29
Midrash on the Book of Kings 2 Chronicles 24:27
Visions of Isaiah the Prophet 2 Chronicles 32:32
Book of the Annals Nehemiah 12:23
The Letter to LaodeciaColossians 4:16
Ancient Book of
Gad the Seer
הזחה
דג
ירבד
Referenced in 1 Chronicles 29:29 and alluded to in
1 Corinthians 12:12 and Galatians 4:26.
By Ken Johnson, Th.D.
I felt this work is so important that I wanted to put my
translation of the text itself into public domain.
The Ancient Book of Gad the Seer, text with commentary
and charts, is still copyrighted.
For complete studies, commentaries, books and DVDs of
this and other important scrolls visit:
Biblefacts.org
and
Gadtheseer.org
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Contents
1. The First Vision ........................................................ 3
2. The Second Vision .................................................. 10
3. The Moabite ............................................................ 13
4. David, the Wise Judge ............................................ 15
5. The Fire-Angel and the Philistines ......................... 17
6. David’s Covenant ................................................... 19
7. David’s Sin of Counting ......................................... 20
8. David’s Sermon ...................................................... 25
9. King Hiram of Tyre ................................................ 28
10. Psalm 145.............................................................. 32
11. Psalm 144.............................................................. 34
12. David’s Death ....................................................... 36
13. Tamar .................................................................... 38
14. The Great Tribulation ........................................... 44
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Chapter 1
1. The First Vision
2923 AM, 1002 BC
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In the thirty-first year of King David’s reign in
Jerusalem, which is the thirty-eighth year of David’s
reign, the Word of the LORD came to Gad the Seer in the
month of Iyar, near the stream of the Kidron Valley,
saying:
The Cry
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“Thus says the LORD: ‘Go, be courageous, and stand in
the midst of the stream, and cry in a great voice: “Tarry
and hasten, tarry and hasten, tarry and hasten, for there is
still a vision for the son of Jesse.” 3And during the cry
face the Eastern Gate, on the east side of the city, and
stretch forth your hands toward heaven.’” 4And I did
exactly what I had been commanded to do.
Vision of the Donkey and Camel
5And it came to pass when I finished crying out, I opened
my eyes and saw a yoke of oxen, led by a donkey and a
camel, coming up from the Kidron stream, the donkey on
the right side of the yoke and the camel on the left.
The Four Mixtures
6And a great voice like the roll of thunder was following
them, crying with a bitter voice:
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“Seer, seer, seer, these are four mixtures that
confuse the people of the LORD. 8For the impure
and the pure have been mixed, and then impurity
took control over purity; a mixture from Seir
[Edom] to rule over them, 9to increase power
over, and betray, a righteous doer, 10to destroy
holiness, to crown wickedness, to set up impure
matters in the guise of purity.”
The Moon Kingdom
11And after the voice, a great quake occurred that shook
over the impurity and blew the donkey and the camel into
the moon with a stormy wind. 12And the moon was
opened and looked like a bow, a semi-circle, and both her
points reached toward the ground.
The Vision of God
13And lo, the sun came out of heaven in the shape of a
man, with a crown on his head, carrying over his right
shoulder a lamb, despised and rejected. 14And on the
crown on his head three shepherds are seen, shackled with
twelve shackles 15and these shackles were of gold, plated
with silver.
The Messiah’s Death
And the voice of the Lamb was heard, great and dreadful
like the voice of a lion roaring over his prey:
“Woe unto me! Woe unto me! Woe unto me! My
image [Messiah] has been diminished, My refuge
has been lost, My lot and destiny has turned Me
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over to My spoilers, and I was defiled until
evening by the touch of impurity.”
The Messiah’s Heart
16And it came to pass when the voice of the Lamb ceased
speaking, lo, a man dressed in linen came with three vine
branches and twelve palms in his hand. 17And he took the
Lamb from the hand of the sun and put the crown on His
head, and the vine-branches and palms on His heart.
18And the man, dressed in linen, cried like a ram’s horn,
saying:
“What are you doing here, impurity, and how did
you get here, impurity, 19that you have carved
yourself a place to combine impurity with My
covenant that I have set with the vine-branches
and palms?”
God’s Judgment on Impurity
20And I heard the Lamb’s shepherd saying:
“There is a place with Me for the pure, but not for
the impure, for I am a holy God, and I do not want
the impure, I only want the pure; 21even though I
created them both, and My eyes are equally on
them both. 22But there is an advantage to the
abundance of purity over the abundance of
impurity, just like there is an advantage of a man
over a shadow. 23For the shadow does not exist
without man, and only by the man’s existence is
the shadow given to the tired and exhausted; this
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applies in the same way to the pure and impure.
24For all gates of intelligence are turned around
since the death of the eight branches of the vine.
25As is found in words of righteousness in the true
book, but because of the wanderings of the sheep,
their rest, and divisions, 26intelligence is stopped
up until I do greatly in keeping grace.”
The Messianic Kingdom
27I saw that impurity was driven from the moon and was
given over to a consuming wrath, ground into fine dust,
and blown away by the daily wind. 28And the day burns as
a furnace to remove impurity and to erase the
transgressions. 29And the Lamb was put on the moon
forever and ever. 30And the Lamb took from the pure the
impurity that had been mixed with them, and brought it as
a peace offering sacrifice on the altar before El Shaddai,
jealous LORD of Hosts.
The Song of the Redeemed
31And I heard those singing the song of the Lamb, saying:
32“I shall give thanks unto You, O LORD, for
though You were angry with me, You forgave.
33For the LORD is my strength and song, and He
is become my redeemer. 34I will sing unto the
LORD, for He is highly exalted; He had thrown
the horse and his rider into the Sea of Reeds.
35Arise, intelligence; arise, power; arise, kingship;
36arise, majesty and glory; arise help of the
LORD. 37For God has saved one who had taken
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away and obliterated the impurity from the earth.
38He fought my fight and brought into the light
my righteousness by His help.
39“My help cometh from the Lord who made
heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:2
40Truly, who is like You, glorious in holiness, but
not in impurity? 41For You are great over all;
raised over all, You spoke and acted. 42For You
declared the end from the beginning, and You
sealed everything by Your words and turned my
heart and convicted me. 43For Your seal is upon
me, my Lord, and these are three vine-branches
and twelve palms that are on my heart. 44You
glorified me, You erased the vanity of fearing
man, and You gave me a pure heart forever. 45For
that I will praise You at all times, and thank You
among the nations, for You have greatly
redeemed me for my king and showed favor to the
Messiah, David’s seed, forever and ever.”
God and His Son
46And I heard a voice crying from heaven, saying:
47“You are My Son, You are My firstborn, You
are My first-fruits. 48Haven’t I brought You up
from the brook of Egypt wholeheartedly to be My
daily delight? 49But You have put way My gifts
and dressed up the impure with the pure, and that
is why all these things have happened to You.
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50And who is like unto You among all the
creatures on earth? For they lived in Your shadow
and by Your wounds they were healed. 51For that,
consider well that which is before You. 52Because
You have fulfilled the words of the shepherd all
the days You have been in the sun and You did
not leave them; therefore, all this honor shall be
Yours.”
53And I, Gad, son of Ahimelech of the Jabez family, of
the tribe of Judah, son of Israel, was amazed by the vision
and could not settle my spirit.
The Angel Instructs Gad
54And the one dressed in linen came down to me and
touched me, saying: “Write these words and seal them
with the seal of truth, for I AM who I AM is My name,
and with My name you shall bless the whole house of
Israel, for they are of a true seed. 55In a little while you
shall go, and be quietly gathered to your fathers, but at the
end of days you shall see with your own eyes all these
things, not as a vision, but in reality. 56For in those days
they shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for no iniquity
will be found in their remnant, for they will belong
entirely to the LORD.
57And these words will restore your life and spirit. And
this shall be the sign unto you: when you enter the town,
you will find My servant David while he is reading these
words from the Book of Covenant:
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58 ‘And yet for all that, when they are in the land of
their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I
abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break
My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their
God.’ Leviticus 26:44
59And you shall tell him about the scene you have just
seen; and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.”
Gad Tells David His Vision
60And it came to pass, when I came to the house of David,
the man of God, I found him as the one dressed in linen
had said, and I told him of all my visions. 61Then David
spoke the words of this song unto the LORD, saying: “I
love You, O LORD, my strength.” 62And to me he said:
“The LORD has blessed you and has not removed His
covenant from you, for He is true, and His word is true,
and His seal is true.”
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2. The Second Vision
The Regathering
1After these true things, I had a vision from God saying:
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“Set your face eastward, northward, southward, and
westward. 3And whistle with your mouth as a bird
whistles to its young and say: ‘Four corners of the earth,
listen to the Word of the LORD. 4Thus saith the LORD,
who sits and dwells over the cherubim: ‘Give, give, give,
take out, take out, take out My seed that I have sown in
you, for the time for the seed has come. 5For yet a little
while I shall collect My seed on My threshing floor. 6And
the threshing floor will be holy; an impure seed will not
be found there. 7Prior to those days My seed was mixed
with lentils, and barley, and fitches, beans, and gourds.
Millennial Kingdom
8And in the end of days the sower shall be true and the
seed shall be true and from the seed all the land will be
blessed. 9Be joyful and glad, remnant of Judah and
rejected of Israel, for salvation is with the LORD. 10As
you shall be a curse and blasphemy to all the families of
the earth, so shall you be a blessing and grace forever.
11At that time no cursed or unholy people will be found
among you, 12for everyone will join you in the covenant,
the Law, testimonies, statutes, and ordinances. 13And you
and they shall have one God, one covenant, one law, one
language, for all shall speak in the language of Hebrew,
the holy language. 14Blessed are you, O Israel, who is like
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unto you? A people saved by the LORD, for He will go
before you to fight your wars with your enemies.
Replacement Theology – Edom and Rome
15Woe to you, O Edom, that sits in the land of Kittim in
the north of the sea. 16For your destroyers will emerge
from a terrible nation. They will not even leave you a
remnant. 17For you have said: ‘I sit on high, and only I
have a covenant with the God of gods, for the LORD
chose me instead of His holy people, for He abhorred
them. 18And His former people, despised and rejected, did
not truly know the LORD [the Father] because they did
not know His image [the Son]. 19We are truly wise and
intelligent; we know the LORD and His Law, we know
His image [the Son] and presence [the Holy Spirit].’ 20But
thus says the LORD: ‘Because you rose up in pride to
brag about the God of gods, know that you will perish in
your conceitedness. 21For why would you put confidence
in man, whose life is like a vapor, which begins in the
morning, and is gone by noon-day, placing him to sit
beside God. 22For it is not you whom I knew formerly,
and where is the bill of divorce of My people, that you
said would be a prey; show it to Me!
Judgment of Rome
23Your corpses will fall among My people.’ 24O jealous
Yahweh, come out; come out of your place and smite
Edom; consume them. 25Come to Zerephath, come to
Sepharad, come to Ashkenaz, come to Garmania; they
shall come and fall in the lowest pit, in destruction, and in
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the shadow of death, for your mouth will fail you, and no
one will help you.
Michael Stands Up
26At the end of days Michael the great prince will stand
up in war like a whirlwind against Samael the prince of
this world to put him under his feet, in the wind of the
LORD, and it shall be eaten up; for the LORD has spoken
it.
Millennial Kingdom
27At the end of days the robbed will overcome the robber,
and the weak, the strong, truly and in righteousness.
28Your God is your Savior, O Israel; with Him you will be
saved, for He is a merciful God. He will not abandon you,
29for you shall keep on doing all that I commanded you in
the Law of Moses My servant.’
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3. The Moabite
Between 2892-2908 AM, 1033-1017 BC
1When the feast of Passover came, on the fifteenth of the
first month, a Moabite shepherd came to David and talked
with him saying: “My lord the king, you have known that
I, your servant, have been loyal to Israel from my youth,
and now take me away from dwelling among
uncircumcised people and circumcise the flesh of my
foreskin to take away my reproach, so that I can sit among
your people.” 2And David said: “the LORD does not want
your people, and He commanded,
‘An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into
the assembly of the LORD forever.’
Deuteronomy 23:3
And we cannot seek your peace nor your prosperity; but
how can I help you today?” 3The servant answered: “Is it
not it true that Ruth was of our people, and you are one of
her children and descendants, and the LORD has chosen
you and your descendants forever?” 4Then said he: “You
have given a convincing argument. Stand here with me to
ask from the mouth of my Lord.” 5And David asked the
LORD about the statement of the Moabite servant. 6And
David said: “O LORD, LORD of Hosts, teach me
wondrous things out of Your Law so that I may know
how to rule for this servant, and what should be done with
him.” 7And the LORD said to Nathan the prophet: “Go to
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David My servant, and tell him the message that I tell
you.” 8And Nathan went to David, to his chambers,
saying: “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I have
heard your prayer, so tell the Moabite: ‘You are a
Moabite man, not a Moabite woman, for I never said a
‘Moabite woman’ and ‘Ammonite woman,’ because their
women and daughters belong to the LORD; however you
are cursed by the LORD, and forbidden to enter the
LORD’s assembly.” 9When the Moabite heard the
message of the LORD, he cried out and exclaimed: “I am
forbidden from entering the assembly of the LORD.”
10And the king took him and appointed him a shepherd
among David’s shepherds, and he was there until the third
year of the reign of King Solomon, then he died. 11And he
had a daughter whose name was Sephirah; she had a
beautiful form and was very fair to look upon. King
Solomon took her to be his concubine, and she found
grace and favor in his sight more than all the other
concubines, and she became the chief of the concubines’
residence. 12And this became the statute in Israel forever.
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4. David, the Wise Judge
Between 2892-2908 AM, 1033-1017 BC
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In those days a man from Bethlehem, the city of David,
went to Jerusalem to pay the vow which he had vowed
unto the LORD. His name was Zabad the Parhi, and he
was of the family of the Perezites. 2Zabad’s father was
very sick, even unto the point of death, so Zabad vowed:
“When the LORD heals my father of his sickness,
I will weigh out two talents of silver and give
them to the House of the LORD, into the hand of
King David.”
3And it came to pass, when he was at the house of the
shepherds along the way, he lost the pouch with the
money in it and he was upset. 4He came to the city of
Jerusalem, into the inner city, and he wrote on all the
gates these words:
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“Anyone who finds a lost pouch with two talents
of silver and brings it to me I will give him a
talent of silver as a reward.”
6After a while, a man from the tribe of Dan came and had
in his hand the pouch with the silver talents that he found
along the way and he gave it to the owner of the pouch.
7And the Danite said to Zabad: “Give me the talent of
silver as you promised.” 8And the Zabad said: “No, there
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were actually three talents in my pouch and you have
already stolen one talent; I mistakenly wrote down the
wrong number.” 9So both of them came and stood before
the king. 10And the king said to the Zabad: “Swear unto
me by the LORD, that you truly had three talents of silver
in your pouch.” And Zabad swore to him by the LORD.
11And the king continued, saying to the Danite: “Swear
unto me by the LORD, that you only found two talents of
silver the pouch.” And he swore to him by the LORD.
12And David said to Zabad: “Give the pouch with the
talents back to the Danite, because this is his money that
the LORD has given to him by chance. 13Now, go and
write on the city gates:
‘Whoever finds the pouch with three talents
should bring it to me,’
because this is not your pouch.” 14And David took the
pouch with the talents of silver from the hand of the
Zabad and gave it to the Danite. 15And the Danite bowed
his head and prostrated himself to the earth and said:
“Long live my lord, King David, forever.” 16And all Israel
heard of this judgment and they marveled over David and
were overjoyed; because they saw that he was full of the
wisdom of God.
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5. The Fire-Angel and the
Philistines
Between 2892-2908 AM, 1033-1017 BC
1All the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight
against Israel. There were so many multitudes of
Philistines that they could not be numbered. 2And David
was greatly distressed because he was afraid of the
Philistines. 3And the LORD said to Gad: “Go and tell
David My servant: ‘Do not be worried about these
uncircumcised Philistines, because tomorrow I will give
them, and those other oppressors with them, into your
hand.” 4And David said to Gad: “I am not worthy of all
the mercies that the LORD has shown to me, but blessed
be the name of the LORD forever and ever.” 5That night,
a fire-angel came from heaven with his drawn sword in
his
hand. 6And he attacked the camp of the
uncircumcised. It was such a great slaughter that none of
them were left alive. 7And it came to pass the next
morning they came to David saying: “Behold, all the
Philistines have been killed by someone who rose up
against them; not a single one of them was left alive.”
8And David raised his voice and said: “Now I know that
nothing can hinder the LORD. He can save us from many
or few, and His salvation can be in a blink of an eye.”
9And he said: “Blessed are You, O LORD, who has been
taking revenge for us on our enemies.” 10And he set up a
pillar and called it the “Pillar of Revenge” unto this day.
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6. David’s Covenant
Between 2892-2908 AM, 1033-1017 BC
1The LORD said to Gad: “Go tell David My servant:
2‘Thus says the LORD:
‘Let not the mighty man glory in his might. 3But
let him that glories glory in this, that My help is
with him. 4Then you should go and fear not, for
the LORD is with you.’”
5And Gad came and told David what the LORD had said.
6And David said to Gad: “I have known the help of the
LORD from my youth. 7For who struck down the lion and
the bear? Who destroyed the Philistines? Who destroyed
my enemies? Was it not by the help of God?” 8And when
the LORD heard that, He was very pleased with David’s
heart. 9And He said:
“Because David has acknowledged My help
instead of his own glory, My help will dwell in
the house of David forever.”
10And Gad told David what the LORD said. 11And David
bowed down before the LORD and said: “Blessed be the
LORD for I have found favor in His eyes.”
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7. David’s Sin of Counting
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel 2and He moved Satan against David, saying: “Go,
number Israel and Judah,” to bring them the evil He spoke
through Samuel the seer. 3And the king said to Joab the
captain and to the princes of the people: “Go now through
all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and
number the people, and bring me word, that I may know
the sum of them.” 4And Joab said unto the king: “May the
LORD add unto the people how many so ever they may
be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of the LORD our
God watch over them; but, my lord the king, are they not
all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this
thing? And why should it be a cause of trespass unto
Israel? For the LORD has said: ‘Which cannot be
numbered for the multitude.’” 5Notwithstanding, the
king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the
captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host
went from the presence of the king to number the people
of Israel. 6And they passed over the Jordan, and camped
in Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the river of
Gad, and toward Jazer. 7And they came to Gilead, and
then to the land of the Hittites, to Kadesh, and they came
to Dan and Enan, and round about to Zidon. 8And they
came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites and the Canaanites. And they went out to the
south of Judah, to Beersheba. 9So when they had gone
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through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of
nine months and twenty days. But Joab did not number
Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s word was abominable
to Joab. 10And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the
people unto David. And all they of Israel were eight
hundred thousand valiant men and three hundred
thousand men that drew a sword, and in Judah there were
four hundred and seventy thousand valiant men and thirty
thousand men that drew a sword. 11And the LORD God
was displeased with this act of Israel, and He sent Gad the
seer to David, saying: 12“Thus said the LORD: ‘I am the
King of Israel, and I am their portion. I am their avenger,
I am their fortress and might, and you know that it is not
with a sword or a spear that I will save, and not with a
man of valiance that draws a sword, for this is the portion
of the heathens that stand on their might and many
warriors. 13But you are not like that, for I am a lone
warrior and there is no one with Me. Why would you do
this evil to number your people? For that I will strike
Israel, so that you will know that I am the LORD in the
midst of the earth.” 14And David’s heart was grieved after
that. And David said unto the LORD: “I have sinned
greatly in what I have done; but now O LORD, I beg You,
take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted
very foolishly.” 15And David rose up in the morning, and
the Word of the LORD had already come to Gad the
prophet, David’s seer, saying: 16“Go and say unto David:
‘Thus says the LORD: ‘I offer you three things; choose
one of them, that I may do it unto you.” 17So Gad came to
David and told him, and said unto him: “Shall four years
of famine come unto the land of Israel and three years in
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the land of Judah? Or will you flee three months before
your foes while they pursue you, while the sword of your
enemies overtake you? Or shall there be three days of the
sword of the LORD, which is pestilence, in your land, and
the angel the LORD destroying throughout all the land of
Israel? Now advise yourself, and decide what answer I
shall return to Him who sent me.” 18And David said unto
Gad: “I am in a great strait; let me fall, and let us fall now,
into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; and
let me not fall into the hand of man.” 19So the LORD sent
a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the
time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan
even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 20And God sent
an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was
destroying it, the LORD beheld, and He repented Him of
the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying the
people: “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel
of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of
Ornan the Jebusite. 21 And David lifted up his eyes, and
saw the angel of the LORD standing between the heaven
and the earth, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched
out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, who were
clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 22 And David
said unto God: “Is it not I that commanded the people to
be numbered? Even I it is that have sinned and acted
wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? O
LORD my God, let Your hand be against me and against
my father’s house, but not against Your people, that they
should be plagued. Shall not the judge of all the earth do
justice?” 23And the LORD said: “They incited Satan
against you to number them, saying thus: ‘We will be like
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all the nations,’ but I am a God of justice; may I return
their high heart into their own bosoms.
24For a broken or a contrite heart I shall not
despise forever.” Psalm 51:17
25And the angel of the LORD told Gad to tell David that
David should go up and rear an altar unto the LORD on
the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 26And David
went up according to the words of Gad which he spoke in
the name of the LORD. 27And Ornan was looking and he
saw the king and his four sons with him. Now Ornan was
threshing wheat. 28And Ornan looked and saw David, and
he went out of the threshing floor, and bowed down to
David with his face to the ground. 29Then David said to
Ornan: “Sell me the place of this threshing floor, that I
may build an altar therein unto the LORD; you shall sell it
to me for the full price, that the plague may be stayed
from the people.” 30And Ornan said unto David: “Take it,
and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes;
lo, I give the oxen also for burnt offering, and the
threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the
meal offering; I give it all.” 31And King David said to
Ornan, “No, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I
will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer
a burnt offering without paying for it.” 32So David gave
Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold, and for
the cattle fifty shekels of silver, by weight. 33And David
built there an altar unto The LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD;
and He answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar
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of burnt offering. 34And the LORD commanded the angel;
and he put his sword back into the sheath thereof, and the
plague was stayed from Israel.
35At that time, when David saw that the LORD had
answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
and He did not despise him, then he sacrificed there unto
the LORD for the rest of his life. 36For David would no
longer go and sacrifice unto the LORD in the high place
at Gibeon, where there was an altar unto the LORD and a
tabernacle which Moses made, for he was terrified and
weakened because of the sword of the angel of the LORD
that he had seen.
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8. David’s Sermon
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1The LORD appeared unto David when he was old and
said to him:
“Behold, I am with you, and I am your God, and
behold, My covenant is with you; do not be afraid,
nor discouraged, because your God is your
helper.”
2And David bowed down to the LORD and rejoiced in his
heart. 3And the LORD said: “Speak these words in My
name to the people and make sure they understand and
obey so that they will live. If they do, I will no longer be
angry with them.” 4And the LORD put His words in his
mouth. 5Then David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem,
and he made a pulpit of wood for himself and he stood
upon it and addressed all the people. He opened his mouth
and said:
David’s teaching
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“Hear, O Israel, your God and my God is one, the only
one, and unique; there is no one like His individuality. He
is hidden from everyone; He always has been and always
will be [eternal]. He fills His creation, but His creation
does not fill Him. He sees everything, but is not seen; He
knows the future and reveals it to mankind, for He is the
never-ending God, and there is no end to His presence,
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power and truth; whole worlds are full of His glory. 7He
gave each person free choice: if one person wants to do
good, he will be helped, but if a person wants to do evil,
he will find a way. 8As for us, we will worship our God
who is our King, our Lord, and our Savior, with love and
awe. For your wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD
and if you truly understand Him, you will depart from
evil. 9Remember and obey the Law of Moses, the man of
God, so that you will live a blessed life all of your days.
10Ask your fathers, and they will teach you, ask your
elders, and they will instruct you.
11Do not just listen to the Law, but be strong and valiant
to obey all of it. 12Hearing is like the seed, but a deed
shows that the seed has taken root in you. It then becomes
a tree of belief which produces the fruit of true
righteousness. 13What becomes of a smelly rotten seed if
no root will come out of it? 14So, hurry. Be quick to hear
and act. For if you are a true seed, if you have belief and
righteousness, then the LORD will bless you all with
peace.
15Live in peace with each other. Love the deeds, and those
created in the image of the LORD like your own selves,
16because it is a sign that you love the Creator, if you love
His creation. 17You cannot take hold of the one but
withdraw your hand from the other. Love the LORD and
also man so that it will be well with you all the days of
your life.”
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David’s Closing Prayer
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18David raised his voice, and lifted his hands toward
heaven, and said: “LORD, O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, God, merciful and gracious, guard Israel
forever. 19Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance,
and tend to them, and uphold them forever.” 20And all the
people called out: “Amen, amen.” 21And David sent the
people away and they went home peacefully.
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9. King Hiram of Tyre
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David saying:
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“I know that the LORD your God is the one true God, so
now deal with me as a true brother and teach me the Law
of your God, for I will worship Him all the days of my
life.” 3Then the messengers came to David with an
offering in their hands for the LORD and for David. They
told him everything that Hiram had said and presented
him with the offerings. 4And David replied to Hiram:
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“Go and tell my brother, Hiram: ‘This is what David,
your brother, says:
‘Reverence the LORD, creator of heaven and fire,
the sea and the earth, the wet and the dry, the heat
and the cold, the mineral and the vegetation, the
living and the speaking, 6the planets, the Pleiades
and Orion, the sun and the moon, the substantial
and the spiritual, the wandering stars, the senses,
and everything. 7These were all created without a
blemish by El Shaddai whose name is Yahweh. 8If
you do this and observe the commandments that
were ordered to the children of Noah [Noahide
Laws], your father, then God will bless you all the
days of your life. 9We are both His allies; but we
are different from you by the Law of truth, sealed
by the seal of Shaddai, called children of the true
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God. 10We must therefore obey the whole Law
that HaShem commands of us, saying:
‘And you shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests,
and an holy nation. These are the words which
you shall speak unto the children of Israel.’
Exodus 19:6
11But He has not dealt the same way with any
other nation as He has with us. He did not choose
us for any other reason than the great love that He
has for us.”
12The messengers then returned to Hiram their king and
told him everything that King David had told them. 13And
Hiram rejoiced with all his heart and called all his princes
and servants and said to them: 14“Tyrians and Sidonians,
listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. 15Have
reverence and respect for El Shaddai, who is the God of
Israel. He made everything by speaking and by the breath
of His mouth; and who will tell Him what He can do? For
He is one. 16Repeat after me:
‘Blessed is the LORD God of Israel who chooses
His people, and blessed is David, His servant,
king of His people, and blessed is Israel whom the
LORD has chosen to be His inheritance. 17We
would be blessed to simply be the servants of the
children of Israel that are called children of the
LORD, their God.’”
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18And all his princes and his servants replied: “Amen,
may it be so.” 19And Hiram lifted up his voice and said:
“I have seen, but not now, I have beheld, but not
nigh: there shall step forth a sun from David, and
a moon shall rise out of the house of Judah, and
shall smite all the children of Ham, and break
down all the children of Japheth, and he will
possess all the kingdoms of the world.”
Variant of Numbers 24:17-18
And who is like the LORD, God above all gods?
20And who is like Israel a people above the
nations? May our end be like theirs.”
21When the LORD heard what Hiram had said, He was
very pleased with him. 22And the LORD said unto Gad,
the seer of David: 23“Go unto my servant and tell him the
message that I gave you.” 24And Gad, the one in whose
hand was the word of the LORD, came to David, and
said,
“Thus says the LORD God of Hosts: ‘I have heard
what Hiram, king of Tyre, has said and what his
princes and servants have said, and I am very
pleased. 25Therefore I will give him and his
people a heart of wisdom and understanding to
prepare My house where I shall put My name, and
that will cause his kingdom to grow, for I have
chosen them and will not reject them.’”
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26And David said to Gad: “Now I know that the LORD
our God rewards all His creatures and all the works He
has created with goodness, because He is a God of mercy,
who dwells on high and looks after the lowly, and
whoever is banished will not remain an outcast from Him.
Blessed be the LORD forever; Amen, and Amen. 27For as
the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy
toward them that fear Him and towards His works. 28Bless
the LORD, all you His works, in all His places of His
dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah.”
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10. Psalm 145
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1At that time David wrote this psalm of praise: I will exalt
You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name
forever and ever. 2Every day I will bless You, and I will
praise Your name forever and ever. 3Great is the LORD,
and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is
unsearchable. 4Generation after generation shall praise
Your works, and shall declare Your mighty acts. 5The
glorious splendor of Your majesty, and Your wondrous
works I will declare. 6And men shall speak of the might of
Your awesome works; and I will declare Your greatness.
7They shall abundantly express the memory of Your
goodness, and they shall sing of Your righteousness. 8The
LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger,
and great in mercy. 9The LORD is good to all, and His
tender mercies are over all His works. 10All Your works
shall thank You, O LORD; and Your saints bless You.
11They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk
of Your power, 12to make known to the sons of men His
mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your
dominion endures through all generations. 13bAll Your
enemies have fallen, O LORD, and all of their might has
come to naught. 14The LORD sustains all those who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed down. 15The eyes
of all wait upon You; and You give them their food in due
season. 16You open Your hands, and satisfy the desire of
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every living thing with favor. 17The LORD is righteous in
all His ways, and holy in all His works. 18The LORD is
near to all who call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in
truth. 19He will grant the desire of them that fear Him: and
He will also hear their prayer, and save them. 20The
LORD preserves all them that love Him: but all the
wicked He will destroy. 21My mouth shall speak the
praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless His holy name
forever and ever.
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11. Psalm 144
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1The Psalm of David praising the LORD on the day when
Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, and Jonathan the son of Shimea killed a man
of great stature, saying: Blessed be the LORD my rock,
who instructs my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.
2My mercy, and my fortress, my high tower, and my
deliverer; my protector and He in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me. 3LORD, what is man, that
You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You
make account of him? 4Man is like unto a breath: his days
are as a shadow that passes away. 5O LORD, bow Your
heavens, and come down: touch the mountains so that
they smoke. 6Send lightning, and scatter them: shoot out
Your arrows, and destroy them. 7Send forth Your hand
from above; deliver me, and deliver me out of many
waters, out of the hand of foreigners; 8whose mouths
speak falsehood, and whose right hand is a right hand of
lying.
9O God, I will sing to You a new song: I will sing praise
to You on a psaltery of ten strings, 10who gives salvation
to kings, who rescues Your servant David from an evil
sword. 11Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of
foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right
hand is a right hand of falsehood; 12May our children be
as plants, grown up in their youth: may our daughters be
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cornerstones, hewn like the form of the temple. 13May our
garners be full affording all manner of store; may our
sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our
markets. 14May our oxen be strong to labor; no breaking
in, nor going out, no complaining in our streets. 15Happy
is the people that is in such a case. Happy is the people
whose God is the LORD. 16Happy is he who waits until
there will be good to all Israel forever.
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12. David’s Death
2924 AM, 1001 BC
1David addressed the LORD and all of Israel shortly
before his death. David said:
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“Our blessed God, who is great, the only one,
guileless, just, 3avenger and benefactor of the
miserable, beloved, our Father, El Shaddai. 4Holy
One, have mercy upon the vine, Your good
inheritance. 5Answer us this very day as we call
upon You. 6My Lord, hear my prayer and
supplication, for You hear prayers of all people;
7listen and accept the cry of Your people, 8for
they are Your flock and Your inheritance. 9Send
Your light and truth to help them. 10Give them
one heart to worship You, one shoulder [to serve],
as one body, so they will be one in Your hand.
11And do not lose any of them, for Your name is
to be one, as our fathers and mothers are one.
12For that, hear O Israel, the LORD is our God,
the LORD is one. 13Do not turn unto the idols, for
they are false and will completely pass away.
14Cling only unto your God, for only He can be
your avenger and fortress. 15Only He can defeat
your spiritual enemies and physical enemies and
put them under your feet; 16only He can bring you
into the New Jerusalem of the future, 17where you
will see Him face to face, and be in the presence
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of the living God that is seen face to face. And
you are one people; if you grow in belief, you will
be filled with gates of intelligence. 18Blessed is
the eye that has seen all these things. 19But if you
grow in unbelief, you will reach gates of impurity.
20So then cleanse and purify yourself before the
LORD, your king, and it will be well with you all
the days of your life.”
Pentecost, 2924 AM, 1001 BC
21And David died in the afternoon on the Sabbath day, in
the fortieth year of his reign over Judah and Israel. 22He
was seventy years old when he died, and he was buried
with great honor in the city of David. 23And the rest of the
deeds of King David, during his mighty reign and the
events that befell him, Israel, and all the kingdoms of the
countries, behold, they are written in the Book of Samuel
the Seer and in the Book of Nathan the Prophet.
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13. Tamar
Between 2924- 2925 AM, 1001-1000 BC
1Solomon was able to strengthen his kingdom, because
the LORD his God was with him, and greatly magnified
him. 2Later, David’s daughter, Tamar, sister of Absalom,
fled to the house of the king of Geshur, and she spent a
year and eight months in her mother’s home, which is in
the king’s palace. 3And King Solomon did not know that
she left, because she went secretly, and she concealed her
going not only from the king, but all the people as well.
4And King Solomon said: “I shall pay a reward of royal
clothes plus fifty shekels of gold to whoever finds Tamar,
the sister of my father, and brings her to me.” 5And the
king’s servants searched for her throughout all the land of
Israel, but they could not find her. 6And she was hiding at
her mother’s home in Geshur, at her grandfather’s [the
king] palace. 7And there was a friend of the king, whose
name was Pirshaz, and he lusted after the young woman
very much, for she was very beautiful and fair to look
upon.
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In those days the king of Geshur went to see King
Solomon, as all the kings of the land are required to do.
9King Solomon asked him, saying: “Is it well with you?”
and he said: “It is well.” 10And he said: “Is it well with
Maacah [Tamar’s mother] in your house?” And he said:
“It is well.” And then King Solomon cunningly asked: “Is
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it well with Tamar, my sister?” And he lied to him,
saying: “I do not know, for I have never met her.”
11And it came to pass when the king of Geshur was in
Jerusalem, his friend, Pirshaz, came to Tamar’s room,
saying to her: “Lie with me.” 12But Tamar refused him,
saying: “Let us not, my lord; do not do this indecent thing
to me, because I am a king’s daughter.” 13However he
would not listen to her, because he was burning with lust.
14And Tamar knew she was no match for this man, so she
cunningly said: “My lord, listen to the words of your
maidservant. 15Behold, I play the harp beautifully. First,
lie down at my knees and listen to my song. 16And after I
play the song of my heart, then I will do all your heart’s
desire.” And Pirshaz listened to Tamar, and he lay in her
bosom.
17And as Tamar took the harp and began to play
beautifully, she said in her heart: “LORD, king of my
father David, Your servant, 18send Your light and truth to
hold me, and do not allow this wicked, uncircumcised,
impure man to have his way with me. 19For You know
what is in my heart, so do not let this daughter of David,
Your servant, sin. 20My Father, my Father, my Father,
remember the disgrace of Your servant David, my father,
and your daughter’s disgrace. 21I go before El Shaddai’s
throne of glory, and ask mercy for myself, to the God of
Hosts to help me by His help. 22For He does not want
wicked men to triumph, and His desire is to help those
who have been robbed to overcome the strong. 23I beseech
You, O LORD, save me now. I beseech You, O LORD,
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let me prosper. 24I call on You this day because I am
frightened; please answer me, and do not let this impure
man cause me to lose holy seed by this impure act, for
You are a holy God, and I trust You.”
25And the LORD heard the voice of David’s daughter, and
God caused Pirshaz to fall into a deep sleep. He fell
asleep on her bosom while she was playing the relaxing
sounds of the harp. 26And when Tamar saw that he had
fallen asleep, she unsheathed the sword that was girded
around his waist. 27And she said: “LORD of Hosts,
remember David my father, and sustain me with Your
strength like You did my father. 28Help me as You helped
[Jael] the wife of Heber the Kenite, to rid sins and sinners
from the earth, so all will know that You are the only
LORD.” 29And she took the sword and ran it through
Pirshaz’s heart, and Pirshaz fell to the ground dead.
30And Tamar saw that Pirshaz was dead and she cried
with a loud voice: “May all Your enemies and the
enemies of Your people perish this way, O LORD. 31And
now I have seen that You have heard my voice because of
my father. You have intervened to not allow his daughter
to be disgraced by this impure man. 32Blessed are You
from everlasting to everlasting. Amen.”
33At the time of the noon meal, Pirshaz’s servants came to
call their master to the king’s table. 34When they came to
the inner chamber, they found Tamar with his bloody
sword in her hand standing over the dead body of their
master Pirshaz. 35And they turned trembling to one
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another, saying: “What happened?” And they took Tamar
into custody and brought her to the king’s ministers.
36And the king’s servants said to Tamar: “What have you
done? You have killed the king’s friend. You know that
our master, the king will consider this a disgrace.” 37And
Tamar said: “Should one deal with a king’s daughter like
a harlot? His blood is upon his own head, and I will be
seen as guiltless and pure in the king’s eyes.” 38And they
took Tamar and put her in the hands of the warden of the
prison.
39And they sent a letter to their king who was still in
Jerusalem, by the hands of the couriers, that Tamar, the
king’s granddaughter had killed his friend, Pirshaz, and
that Tamar was sent to prison until the time the king
returned.
40And the couriers came to Jerusalem and King
Solomon’s guards stopped them. And he asked them:
“Where are you from?” 41And they said: “We come from
Geshur to bring letters to our master the king.” 42And the
guards seized them and brought them to King Solomon.
43And King Solomon said: “You came here to spy out the
land. Give me your king’s letters and I will see if you are
sinning against me or not.” 44And King Solomon took the
letters and gave them to the sons of Shisha, the king’s
scribes, to read. 45And they read through them and found
where Tamar had killed Pirshaz and that she was in
prison. 46And King Solomon called Ahishar, who was
head of the household, and said: “Put these uncircumcised
men in jail, and bring the king of Geshur to me.” 47And he
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did exactly as he had been commanded. And the king of
Geshur was brought before King Solomon and he bowed
his head toward the ground. 48And King Solomon said:
“Why have you deceived me, lying, while Tamar my
sister was with you? You told me that you had never met
her in your entire life. 49As the LORD lives, who has
redeemed David, my father, out of all evil, this very day
you will die.” 50And King Solomon called Benaiah, the
son of Jehoiada, and said to him: “Go, and execute the
king of Geshur and his couriers.” And he executed them,
and they all died, because they had lied to King Solomon.
51And they buried them in a cave right before the Fish
Gate. 52This is why the name of the cave right before the
Fish Gate is the called Cave of the Uncircumcised Ones,
unto this day.
53And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and ten
thousand valiant men of Judah with him, and he said to
them: 54“Go to Geshur and bring back Tamar, my father’s
daughter, with you, and destroy the royal palace, but be
careful not to harm Tamar’s mother, for she was King
David’s wife.” 55And they went and did all that King
Solomon had commanded, and they brought Tamar before
King Solomon.
56And Tamar bowed down to the ground, before the king,
and said: “Let my lord the king, my brother, live forever.”
57And King Solomon asked her: “Why did you flee to
Geshur?” 58And she answered: “I was living in my
brother Absalom’s home, disgraced because of what my
brother Amnon had done to me, and I decided to go to my
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mother’s house so I would not be disgraced in the eyes of
the princes there. 59And King Solomon asked her: “Why
did you kill Pirshaz?” And she answered: “This is what
that uncircumcised one did to me, and this is what I did to
him in revenge.” 60And King Solomon said: “The LORD
has truly blessed you with discretion. You were wise, and
acted, and you were victorious.”
61Then King Solomon spoke openly to all of his servants,
saying: “Has anyone found such a charming and heroic
woman?” And he said: “Daughter, God is gracious unto
you. 62From this day forward you shall not be called my
sister, but my daughter, because you were extremely
wise.” 63And King Solomon gave his daughter Tamar to
Abinadab’s son to be his wife, and she found grace in her
husband’s eyes, and he loved her very much. 64He was an
officer over all the region of Dor. 65And King Solomon
renamed Tamar his daughter Taphath, for stacte, the first
of the incense, and this was her name the rest of her life.
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14. The Great Tribulation
Rosh Hashanah 2926 AM, 999 BC
1And it came to pass on the first day of the seventh
month, at New Year’s, in the four hundred and seventy-
eighth year after the children of Israel came out of the
land of Egypt, in the second year of King Solomon’s
reign over Israel, I had a vision from the LORD, when I
was upon the Gihon spring. 2And I raised my eyes, and lo,
the heavens rolled back like a scroll, and I saw the glory
of the LORD, sitting on an extremely high throne. 3And
here is the appearance of the throne: twelve stairs led up
to the throne (six of gold and six of silver), and there was
a square back to the throne, like a sapphire stone. 4And at
its right side were three chairs and at its left side were
four chairs near the throne, like the seven that see the
king’s face, covered with gold and silver and precious
stones. 5And the glory of the LORD had the appearance
like that of the rainbow, His covenant. 6And the host of
heaven were standing before Him on His right hand and
on His left, and Satan was standing by them, but behind
them.
The Books
7And then a man dressed in linen brought before the glory
of the LORD three books that contained the records of
every man. 8And he read the first book and it contained
the just deeds of His people, and the LORD said, “These
are granted eternal life.” 9And Satan said, “Who are these
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guilty people?” And the man dressed in linen cried to
Satan like a ram’s horn saying, “Silence! This day is holy
to our Lord.” 10And he read the second book, and it
contained the unintentional sins of His people, and the
LORD said, “Put that book aside, but save it, until one
third of the month passes by, to see what they will do.”
11And he read the third book, and it contained the wicked
deeds of His people. 12And the LORD said to Satan,
“These are your share. Take them and do what you want
with them.” 13And Satan took the wicked to a waste land
to destroy them there.
14And the man dressed in linen cried like a ram’s horn,
saying: 15“Blessed are the people who know the joyful
shout, O LORD, who walk in the light of Your
countenance.”
The Millennial Reign
16And I heard the voice of the host of heaven rejoicing
and saying, “Master of Justice, the LORD of hosts, the
whole heaven and earth is full of Your glory.”
17And I was shocked by the vision since I did not know
what the LORD had done for me. 18Then one of the
cherubs flew up to me and he put an olive leaf on my
mouth, and said, “Lo, this has touched your mouth, and
your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven. 19And
this law that you have seen is a statute for Israel, and a
law to the God of Abraham, and peace unto Isaac your
father. 20And the LORD will bless your people in the trial
with everlasting peace.” 21And I said, “Amen. May the
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LORD our God do this for us forever and ever.” 22And the
angel answered, “Amen and Amen.”
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