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Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went south to Judah as far as Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, <i>even</i> to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah <i>as far as</i> Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then they came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, <i>to</i> Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, <i>to</i> Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and came to the fortified <i>city</i> of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, <i>to</i> Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterward, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterward, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They came to the fortress of Tyre, then went through every town of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Finally, they went to Beersheba in the Southern Desert of Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They went to the fortified city of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then they went south to the fortified city of Tyre, on to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites, and finally to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and arrived at the fortified city of Tyre and all of the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Eventually they proceeded to Beer-sheba in the Judean Negev.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they come to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out to the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will come to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they will go forth to the south of Judah to the Well of the Oath.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They passed near the walls of Tyre, and all the land of the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and they came to the south of Juda into Bersabee: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />they passed near the walls of Tyre, and near all the land of the Hivite and the Canaanite. And they went into the south of Judah, to Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />going to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites, and ending up in the Negeb of Judah, at Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beer-sheba.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when they had gone through the whole land, they came to the land of Judah in thirty-eight days. Then they came to Dan, and circled Zidon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they went into all the land and they came to the land of Yehuda for thirty and eight days, and they came to Dan and they went around Tsaydan<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/24-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=7496" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/24.htm">David's Military Census</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">They went</a> <a href="/hebrew/4013.htm" title="4013: miḇ·ṣar- (N-msc) -- Fortification. Also feminine mibtsarah; from batsar; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender.">toward the fortress</a> <a href="/hebrew/6865.htm" title="6865: ṣōr (N-proper-fs) -- A Phoenician city. Or Tsowr; the same as tsor; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine.">of Tyre</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/2340.htm" title="2340: ha·ḥiw·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps from chavvah; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine.">of the Hivites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">and Canaanites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">Finally, they went on</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: ne·ḡeḇ (N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">the Negev</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: bə·’êr (Prep) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: šā·ḇa‘ (N-proper-fs) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine.">to Beersheba.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-4.htm">1 Chronicles 21:4-6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem. / And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah. / But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-7.htm">1 Chronicles 21:7-8</a></span><br />This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel. / Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-2.htm">1 Chronicles 21:2</a></span><br />So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">1 Chronicles 27:23-24</a></span><br />David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. / Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Exodus 30:12</a></span><br />“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Numbers 1:2-3</a></span><br />“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. / You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-2.htm">Numbers 26:2</a></span><br />“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10-11</a></span><br />The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. / May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3</a></span><br />to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2-3</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a></span><br />the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8</a></span><br />Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-15.htm">1 Kings 9:15-16</a></span><br />This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. / Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">1 Kings 4:21</a></span><br />And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm">2 Kings 12:17</a></span><br />At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.</p><p class="hdg">Tyre</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a></b></br> And <i>then</i> the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:</p><p class="hdg">to Beer-sheba</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/24-2.htm">2 Samuel 24:2</a></b></br> For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which <i>was</i> with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31-33</a></b></br> Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; 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</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm">and the plague stops</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They went toward the fortress of Tyre</b><br>The mention of Tyre highlights its significance as a major Phoenician city and a powerful maritime fortress. Tyre was known for its strong fortifications and its role as a center of trade and commerce in the ancient world. The city's strategic location on the Mediterranean coast made it a key player in regional politics and economics. In biblical prophecy, Tyre is often depicted as a symbol of pride and wealth (<a href="/ezekiel/28.htm">Ezekiel 28:1-19</a>). The journey toward Tyre in this context underscores the extensive nature of the census being conducted, reaching even the influential and fortified areas.<p><b>and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites</b><br>The Hivites and Canaanites were among the original inhabitants of the land before the Israelites' conquest. The Hivites are mentioned in several places in the Old Testament, often associated with the central and northern regions of Canaan (<a href="/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3</a>). The Canaanites, a broader term, refers to various groups living in the land of Canaan. This phrase indicates the comprehensive scope of the census, covering diverse ethnic groups and regions. It reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan, despite the presence of these peoples (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).<p><b>Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba</b><br>The Negev is a desert region in the southern part of Israel, known for its arid climate and sparse population. Beersheba, located in the Negev, holds historical and spiritual significance as a patriarchal site. It is associated with figures like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who had significant encounters with God there (<a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31-33</a>, <a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23-25</a>). The mention of Beersheba marks the southernmost point of the land traditionally considered part of Israel, often used in the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" to denote the entire territory of Israel (<a href="/judges/20.htm">Judges 20:1</a>). This journey to the Negev and Beersheba signifies the thoroughness of the census, reaching even the remote and less populated areas of the kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel who ordered the census, which led to this journey.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joab.htm">Joab</a></b><br>The commander of David's army, tasked with carrying out the census.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>A significant fortress city, known for its strong defenses and trade.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hivites_and_canaanites.htm">Hivites and Canaanites</a></b><br>Indigenous peoples of the land, often in conflict with Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/negev_of_judah.htm">Negev of Judah</a></b><br>A desert region in southern Judah, known for its harsh conditions.<br><br>6. <b><a href="/topical/b/beersheba.htm">Beersheba</a></b><br>A city in the Negev, often considered the southernmost boundary of ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>David's decision to conduct a census was against God's will, leading to severe consequences. This reminds us of the importance of seeking God's guidance in our decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The mention of various peoples and places highlights God's control over all nations and territories. We should trust in His sovereignty in our lives and the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>David's eventual repentance shows the necessity of turning back to God when we stray. Repentance restores our relationship with God and aligns us with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>As leaders, whether in families, churches, or communities, our decisions have far-reaching impacts. We must lead with integrity and seek God's wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_judgment_and_mercy.htm">God's Faithfulness in Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>Despite the judgment that follows, God remains faithful and merciful. This duality encourages us to rely on His grace and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_chron_27's_census_align.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 27's census reconcile with other conflicting census figures in the Bible (e.g., 2 Samuel 24)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_sam_8_conflict_with_2_sam_7.htm">Why does 1 Samuel 8 conflict with later passages that seem to affirm kingship, such as 2 Samuel 7?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_17_and_2_sam_7.htm">How do we reconcile the differences between 1 Chronicles 17 and 2 Samuel 7 regarding the details of God's covenant with David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_archaeology_cast_doubt_on_2_sam_7.htm">Does the lack of any definitive archaeological finds supporting David's grand monarchy cast doubt on the credibility of 2 Samuel 7?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites.</span>--The remnants of the original inhabitants appear still to have occupied distinct towns by themselves. The "Hivites" were chiefly in the northern part of the land, though Gibeon and its towns had belonged to them. "The Canaanites" is a general name for the remnants of all the other races.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Tyre</span> (comp. <a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a>). Tyre and the whole coast land between it and Sidon had been too strong for the tribe of Asher, and remained unsubdued. But, like the independent states in India, it acknowlodged the supremacy of the paramount power. <span class="cmt_word">The cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites.</span> It is evident from this that even in David's time there were towns and districts were Hivites and Canaanites dwelt as distinct communities, governed probably by their own laws. But as they were bound to serve in the Israelite armies, they were included in the census, and possibly one of its rosin objects was to learn the number of fighting men of alien races dwelling in Israel. They seem to have been reckoned as belonging to the tribe in whose borders they dwelt. So Baanah and Rechab, the murderers of Ishbosheth, though Beerothites (and therefore Gibeonites, who again were Hivites), were counted to Benjamin (<a href="/2_samuel/4-2.htm">2 Samuel 4:2</a>). These Gentile communities were chiefly to be found in the north, for which reason it was called "the circuit (<span class="accented">Gelil</span>) of the nations" (<a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a>), and in later times from <span class="accented">Gelil</span> came the name Galilee. The Syriac adds "Jebusites," and we find Jerusalem occupied by a community of Jebusites living in independence in the very neighbourhood of the warlike tribe of Benjamin (<a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6</a>). This numbering of the aborigines by David is referred to in <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">2 Chronicles 2:17</a>, where it is added that Solomon made a separate census of them, and found that there were in Israel no fewer than a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred of these aliens. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/24-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward the fortress</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְצַר־</span> <span class="translit">(miḇ·ṣar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4013.htm">Strong's 4013: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Tyre</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(ṣōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6865.htm">Strong's 6865: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tyre -- a Phoenician city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Hivites</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחִוִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥiw·wî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hivite -- a Chivvite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Canaanites.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Finally, they went on</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Negev</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> </span><span class="str2">South country, the Negeb, south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[to] Beersheba.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁבַע׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_884.htm">Strong's 884: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/24-7.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 24:7 And came to the stronghold of Tyre (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/24-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 24:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 24:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/24-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 24:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 24:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>