2 Samuel 24:6

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,

Literal

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

Latin

…et per Jazer transierunt in Galaad, et in terram inferiorem Hodsi, et venerunt in Dan silvestria. Circumeuntesque juxta Sidonem,

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

2 Samuel 21:1–24:25

The final chapters of 2 Samuel form a coda (a concluding section). This section brings together and summarizes the main themes from earlier chapters.

These chapters are thematic, not chronological (arranged by topic, not by time). Because of this, not all the events happened at the end of David’s reign (for example, 2 Samuel 22:1).

The material is arranged using a common Hebrew literary pattern called a chiasm (a mirror-like structure). In a chiasm, the first and last sections match, and the middle section is the focus.

The structure of this chiasm is as follows:

A: Saul’s sin against the Gibeonites and the punishment that affected the whole community (2 Samuel 21:1–14)
- B: David’s warriors and their heroic deeds (2 Samuel 21:15–22)
  - C: David’s Psalm (2 Samuel 22:1–51)
  - C′: David’s Psalm (2 Samuel 23:1–7)
- B′: David’s warriors and their heroic deeds (2 Samuel 23:8–39)
A′: David’s sin involving the census and the punishment that affected the whole community (2 Samuel 24:1–25)

A chiasm draws attention to the center section. Here, the center is David’s hymns. These hymns do not focus on David himself. Instead, they focus on David’s God.

Theme notes and profiles

David Joab God or Satan?

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

Joshua 19:28
It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
Genesis 31:47–48
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
Numbers 32:39
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Genesis 31:21
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
Joshua 19:47
(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
Numbers 32:1
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
Joshua 11:8
…and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
Judges 1:31
Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
Judges 18:28–29
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Parallels

Exodus 30:11–16 1 Chronicles 21:1–6

Places

Dan: Israelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem Gilead: Mountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name Ijon: A town in northern Israel conquered by Assyria Sidon: Phoenician city; home of Jezebel Tahtim-hodshi: A place visited during David's census of Israel

Glossary

Census Dan-jaan David Disease Moriah Samuel, Books of First and Second Sidon (Place), Sidonian Tahtim-hodshi

Topics

Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces Census: The Numbering of Israel by David Dan-Jaan: A Place Near the Source of the Jordan River Israel: Number of, when David Counted Joab: Son of David's Sister: Numbers the People Presumption: David, in Numbering Israel Rulers: Wicked: David, Numbering Israel and Judah Sidon: A City on the Northern Boundary of the Canaanites was on the Northern Boundary of the Tribe of Asher Tahtim-Hodshi: An Unknown Place

2 Samuel 24:6

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