So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall (g) seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
(g) Three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites and this was the fourth year to which should have been added another three more years, (1 Chronicles 21:12).