2 Samuel 24:6

6 They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.

2 Samuel 24:6 in Other Translations

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon,

6 then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

6 proceeded through Gilead, passed Hermon, then on to Dan, but detoured Sidon.

6 They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites 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).

---

FOOTNOTES:

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

2 Samuel 24:6 In-Context

4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.

5 After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.

6 They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.

7 Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.

8 After they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 10:19; Joshua 19:28; Judges 1:31