2 Samuel 24:6

6 They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites^[a] and continued on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

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 Yet the king's order prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the king's presence to register the troops of Israel.

5 They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and then [proceeded] toward Gad and Jazer.

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

7 They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterwards, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba.

8 When they had gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and 20 days.

Footnotes

• [a]. LXX; MT reads of Tahtim-hodshi; Hb obscure