2 Samuel 24:9
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.
8 At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
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.”
11 When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
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Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Joab gave up the sum of the counting 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- ÅB
- Og Joab oppgav for kongen det tall som var utkommet ved folkemønstringen: I Israel var det åtte hundre tusen sterke menn som kunne dra sverd, og Judas menn var fem hundre tusen.
- OTB
- Og Joab ga tallet på folketellingen til kongen: i Israel var det åtte hundre tusen menn som dro sverd, og mennene i Juda var fem hundre tusen menn.
- B1930
- Og Joab opgav for kongen det tall som var utkommet ved folkemønstringen: I Israel var det åtte hundre tusen sterke menn som kunde dra sverd, og Judas menn var fem hundre tusen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 27:23–24
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.
Read in context1 Chronicles 21:5–6
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.
Read in contextNumbers 1:44–46
These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
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