2 Samuel 24:6
New International Version
They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.

New Living Translation
then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

English Standard Version
Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon,

Berean Standard Bible
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

King James Bible
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

New King James Version
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon;

New American Standard Bible
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

NASB 1995
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

NASB 1977
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

Amplified Bible
Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,

Christian Standard Bible
They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites and continued on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites and continued on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

American Standard Version
then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,

Contemporary English Version
They went to Gilead and to Kadesh in Syria. Then they went to Dan, Ijon, and on toward Sidon.

English Revised Version
then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They went to Gilead and to Tahtim Hodshi and then to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.

Good News Translation
and on to Gilead and to Kadesh, in Hittite territory. Then they went to Dan, and from Dan they went west to Sidon.

International Standard Version
They went on to Gilead and the territory of Tahtim-hodshi, then on toward Dan. From Dan they went around to Sidon

Majority Standard Bible
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

NET Bible
Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.

New Heart English Bible
Then they came to Gilead, and to the region of the Hethites, to Kedesh; and they came to Dan. Then they skirted Sidon,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,

World English Bible
then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they come to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come to Dan-Jaan, and around to Sidon,

Young's Literal Translation
and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will come to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-Hodshi; and they will come to Dan-Jaan, and round about to Zidon.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And by Jazer they passed into Galaad, and to the lower land of Hodsi, and they came into the woodlands of Dan. And going about by Sidon,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And they continued on through Jazer, into Gilead, and to the lower land of Hodsi. And they arrived in the woodlands of Dan. And going around beside Sidon,

New American Bible
They continued on to Gilead and to the district below Mount Hermon. Then they proceeded to Dan; from there they turned toward Sidon,

New Revised Standard Version
Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then they came to Tyre and Zidon, to the land of the Canaanites and the land of the Hittites and the land of the Jebusites,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they came unto Tsur and to Tsaydan, to the land of the Canaanites and to the land of the Khithites and to the land of the Yebusites
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David's Military Census
5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer. 6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. 7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:4-6
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem. / And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah. / But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

Numbers 1:2-3
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. / You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

Numbers 26:2
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”

Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

1 Samuel 11:8
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

1 Samuel 15:4
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

1 Kings 4:25
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

Judges 20:1-2
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. / The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Joshua 13:1-7
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. / This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; ...

Deuteronomy 3:12-17
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. / To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.) / Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day. ...

Ezekiel 48:1-7
“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side. / Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west. / Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west. ...

Ezekiel 48:23-29
As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side. / Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west. / Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west. ...

Matthew 1:1-17
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. / Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. ...

Luke 2:1-3
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire. / This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. / And everyone went to his own town to register.


Treasury of Scripture

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

Gilead

Genesis 31:21,47,48
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead…

Numbers 32:1,39
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; …

land of Tahtim-hodshi.

Joshua 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Judges 18:29
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

Zidon

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Joshua 11:8
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

Joshua 19:28
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;

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2 Samuel 24
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
25. and the plague stops














Then they went to Gilead
The phrase "Then they went to Gilead" indicates a movement of the census takers under King David's command. Gilead, a region east of the Jordan River, is historically significant as a place of refuge and conflict. The Hebrew root for Gilead, "Gil‘ad," can mean "heap of testimony" or "rocky region," reflecting its rugged terrain and its role as a witness to God's covenant with His people. Gilead was known for its balm, a healing ointment, symbolizing God's provision and healing. This journey to Gilead underscores the comprehensive nature of the census, reaching even the remote and significant areas of Israel.

and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi
The phrase "and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi" is intriguing due to its obscurity. The Hebrew words "Tahtim" and "Hodshi" are not well-documented, leading to various interpretations. "Tahtim" could imply "lower parts," while "Hodshi" might mean "new." This could suggest a newly settled or lesser-known area, emphasizing the thoroughness of the census. The inclusion of such a region highlights the extent of David's kingdom and the meticulous nature of the task, ensuring that no part of the land was overlooked.

they also went to Dan-jaan
The mention of "Dan-jaan" is significant as Dan was the northernmost city of Israel, often used in the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" to denote the entire nation. The addition of "jaan" is unique to this passage, possibly indicating a specific area or a variant name. The Hebrew root "Dan" means "judge," reflecting the tribe's role in Israel's history. This journey to Dan-jaan signifies the far-reaching scope of the census, encompassing the full breadth of the nation from north to south.

and around to Sidon
The phrase "and around to Sidon" extends the journey beyond Israel's traditional borders. Sidon, a prominent Phoenician city, was known for its wealth and trade. The Hebrew root "Sidon" means "fishing" or "hunting," indicative of its economic activities. This inclusion suggests interactions and influences between Israel and its neighbors, highlighting the interconnectedness of the ancient Near East. The census reaching Sidon underscores the expansive vision of David's reign and the acknowledgment of external influences on Israel.

(6) Land of Tahtim-hodshi.--This unknown and strange name, of which the ancient versions make nothing, is generally considered as a corruption. The most probable conjecture is that for "Tahtim" we should read "Hittites"ΓΏ(a change of only a single letter), and that "Hodshi" is the remnant of an expression designating the month of their arrival there.

Dan-jaan.--This is the only place in which the name "Dan" occurs with this addition. It seems certain that the same Dan must be meant as in 2Samuel 24:2; 2Samuel 24:15; and so the reading of the LXX. (Alex.) and Vulg. may be correct: "Dan-jaar=Dan in the forest."

Zidon.--This mother city of the Ph?nicians was in the tribe of Asher nominally, but was never actually possessed by the Israelites. The same also is true of Tyre. Either the census-takers merely came to the confines of these cities, or, being on friendly terms, actually entered them to enumerate the Israelites living in them.

Verse 6. - Then they came to Gilead. When the enumerators had finished their labours in Reuben and the region south of Aroer, Joab moved his camp northwards, and pitched in Gilead, on the river Jabbek; and, having completed the counting in this part of the tribe of Gad, would next enter the wild regions of Manasseh. It is probable that the tribal princes and local officers actually numbered the people, and that Joab, with a powerful force, constrained them to obedience often against their will. It was possibly this danger of resistance which made David entrust the business to Joab, instead of employing the Levites. The land of Tahtim-hodshi. Gesenius dismisses this name with the remark that it can scarcely be regarded as genuine. The versions give little help; but Thenius cleverly extracts from the LXX., "unto Bashan, which is Edrei." Others, by a slight change in the Hebrew, read, "the land of the Hittites," and suppose that Hodshi is a corruption of the Hebrew word for "month," so that the whole might have been, "They came to the land of the Hittites in the (third) month." Others, again, suppose that Hodshi is a corruption of the name of the town Kadesh. But the versions would certainly have preserved anything so commonplace as this. When they make mistakes, it is almost invariably in proper names or unusual phrases. The emendation of Thenius is too ingenious to be accepted, but it gives the right sense, namely, that from Gilead and the tribe of Gad the numerators went northward through Bashan and the rest of the half tribe of Manasseh till they came to Dan, the town on the extreme northeast border, and the limit in that direction of the Israelite realm, as Beersheba was its limit on the south. Dan-jaan. Nowhere else is Dan found with this addition, and the Syriac omits it even here. The Vulgate, and Septuagint (Codex Alex.) read Dan-jaar the woodland Dan. Possibly the names of two towns have been run into one, and the original reading was "unto Dan and Ijon" (see 1 Kings 15:20). Ijon was on the direct road from Dan to Sidon. Zidon. This was on the extreme northwestern boundary. It did not actually belong to David, but both it and Tyro had apparently placed themselves under his protection, and were bound to render some kind of military service.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then they went
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Gilead
הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה (hag·gil·‘ā·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites

and to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Tahtim-hodshi
חָדְשִׁ֑י (ḥā·ḏə·šî)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8483: Tahtim-hodshi -- a place visited by Joab

and continued
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

on to Dan-jaan
יַּ֔עַן (ya·‘an)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1842: Dan-jaan -- a place in Palestine

and around
וְסָבִ֖יב (wə·sā·ḇîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Sidon.
צִידֽוֹן׃ (ṣî·ḏō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6721: Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan


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