2 Samuel 24:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 24:8

6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to ^aDan Jaan and around to ^bSidon;

7 and they came to the stronghold of ^aTyre and to all the cities of the ^bHivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba.

8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

9 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. ^aAnd there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

The Judgment on David’s Sin

10 And ^aDavid’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So ^bDavid said to the Lord, ^c“I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have ^ddone very foolishly.”

11 Now when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet ^aGad, David’s ^bseer, saying,

12 “Go and tell David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ’ ”

13 So Gad came to David and told him; and he said to him, “Shall ^aseven years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ plague in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”

14 And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the Lord, ^afor His mercies are great; but ^bdo not let me fall into the hand of man.”

15 So ^athe Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand men of the people died.

16 ^aAnd when the¹ angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, ^bthe Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of² Araunah the Jebusite.

17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely ^aI have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”

The Altar on the Threshing Floor

18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, ^a“Go up, erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

19 So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 24:8

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American Standard Version
So when they had gone to and from through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Amplified® Bible
So when they had gone through all the land [taking the census], they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Contemporary English Version
After they had gone through the whole land, they went back to Jerusalem. It had taken them nine months and twenty days.

Darby English Version
And they went through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Good News Bible
So after nine months and twenty days they returned to Jerusalem, having traveled through the whole country.

King James Version
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

New American Standard Bible
So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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

New King James Version
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Revised Standard Version
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Young's Literal Translation
And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

New English Translation
They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.¹

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