Bible Strands
2 Samuel 24:6
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text describes the movements of David’s census officials as they survey the northern and eastern territories of Israel after crossing the Jordan.
The words — The Hebrew וַיָּבֹאוּ (va.ya.vo'u) literally means "and they came" or "and they went," appearing twice in the verse to mark sequential movement. הַגִּלְעָדָה (ha.gil'ada) denotes the region of Gilead, indicating their directional path eastward.
The thread — The geographic markers appear elsewhere in the biblical record, such as Gilead in Genesis 31:21 and Sidon in Joshua 19:28 and Genesis 10:15. These references anchor the census route within the broader territorial boundaries of ancient Israel and Canaan.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of the exhaustive geographic scope of David’s administrative survey. It records a historical boundary check without commentary, leaving the theological implications to the surrounding narrative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,
Cross-references
- Joshua 19:28 It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Genesis 10:15 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
- Genesis 31:47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
- 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.
- Numbers 32:39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- 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.
- 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.)
- Judges 1:31 Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
- Judges 18:28 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.