2 Samuel 24:9 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 24:9

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 24:9

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American Standard Version
And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

Amplified® Bible
And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king. There were in Israel 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.

Contemporary English Version
Joab came and told David, "In Israel there are eight hundred thousand who can serve in the army, and in Judah there are five hundred thousand."

Darby English Version
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king; and there were of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

Good News Bible
They reported to the king the total number of men capable of military service: 800,000 in Israel and 500,000 in Judah.

King James Version
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

New American Standard Bible
And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

New International Version
Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.

New King James Version
Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there lived in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah numbered five hundred thousand men.

Revised Standard Version
And Jo'ab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

Young's Literal Translation
and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

New English Translation
Joab reported the number of warriors¹ to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

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