2 Samuel 24:8
6 Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
7 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.
At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
- KJV
- So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
- WEB
- So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And they went through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
- BLB
- And they had gone through all the land, and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- Slik dro de om i hele landet og kom etter ni måneder og tyve dager tilbake til Jerusalem.
- OTB
- Etter at de hadde reist gjennom hele landet, kom de til Jerusalem etter ni måneder og tjue dager.
- B1930
- Således drog de om i hele landet og kom efter ni måneder og tyve dager tilbake til Jerusalem.