2 Samuel 24:6

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,

2 Samuel 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6

Then they came to Gilead
The land of Gilead, half of which was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the other half to the half tribe of Manasseh, ( Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:13 ) ; which tribes were numbered, and the first of all:

and to the land of Tahtimhodshi;
or the low lands of a new place; it seems to be a country newly possessed and inhabited; the Targum calls it the southern land of Hodshi; Bunting ^F23 calls it the lower country of Hodshi, near to the city Corazin, in the half tribe of Manasseh, fifty two miles from Jerusalem, and towards the northeast, and signifies a new land:

and they came to Danjaan;
the same that is simply called Dan, and formerly Leshem, ( Joshua 19:47 ) ; why Juan is added to it is not easy to say; it lay at the northern border of the land of Israel, and was four miles from Paneas as you go to Tyre ^F24:

and about to Zidon;
from Dan they went round about to Zidon, to the parts adjacent to it; for with Zidon itself they had nothing to do, of which (See Gill on Joshua 11:8).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Travels p. 147.
F24 Hieron. de loc. Heb. fol. 90. H.

2 Samuel 24:6 In-Context

4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,

7 And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

8 So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.