2 Samuel 24:7

Translations

Modern

They 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.

Traditional

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

Literal

…and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivite and the Canaanite, and they went out to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

Latin

…transierunt prope mœnia Tyri, et omnem terram Hevæi et Chananæi, veneruntque ad meridiem Juda in Bersabee:

Original

Hebrew

English

They 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.

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 19:29
The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
Joshua 11:3
…to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
Judges 3:3
…the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Genesis 21:22–33
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
2 Samuel 24:2
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

Parallels

Exodus 30:11–16 1 Chronicles 21:1–6

People

Hivites: A Canaanite people group Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Beersheba: Important city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Negeb: The southern region of Israel, a semi-arid area Tyre: A major Phoenician port city, known for its trade

Glossary

Census David Disease Hivites Moriah Samuel, Books of First and Second Sidon (Place), Sidonian Simeon, Tribe of Tyre

Topics

Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces Beer-Sheba: The Most Southern City of Palestine in the Inheritance of Judah Census: The Numbering of Israel by David Hivites: Dwelling Place of 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 Tyre: City of Fortified Tyre: Strongly Fortified

2 Samuel 24:7

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