The Meaning of 2 Samuel 24:6 Explained

2 Samuel 24:6

KJV: Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

YLT: and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

Darby: And they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and came to Dan-jaan, and to the environs of Sidon;

ASV: then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 24:6?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 24:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

What does 2 Samuel 24:6 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 24:1-14 - A Proud Heart Humbled

The sin of numbering the people lay in its motive. David was animated by a spirit of pride and vainglory. He was eager to make a fine showing among the surrounding nations, and to impress them with such a conception of Israel's greatness that they would not dare to attack any point of the long frontier line. He yielded to the temptation of trusting in chariots and horses, instead of in the victories of faith.

When the enumeration was nearly complete, David's heart smote him. He saw how far he had swerved from the idea of the theocracy, in which God's will was the sole guide of national policy. He had substituted his own wisdom for the divine edict. A night of anguish followed on this self-discovery, but David submitted himself to God's dealings.

It was wise to choose to fall into the hands of God. They are very loving and tender hands, but David viewed them as punitive and not redemptive; and the plague, which devastated the people, cut him to the quick. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 24

¹ David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
⁵ The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
¹⁰ David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
¹⁵ After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
¹⁸ David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
²⁵ and the plague stops

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 24:6 mean?

And they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi - to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה וְאֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֖ים חָדְשִׁ֑י דָּ֣נָה יַּ֔עַן וְסָבִ֖יב אֶל־ צִידֽוֹן

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙	And they came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה	to Gilead
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: גִּלְעָד Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
וְאֶל־	and to
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֶ֥רֶץ	the land
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
חָדְשִׁ֑י	Tahtim Hodshi
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: חָדְשִׁי Sense: a place near Gilead on the east of the Jordan.
דָּ֣נָה	-
Parse:
יַּ֔עַן	to Dan Jaan
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: דָּן יַעַן Sense: a place in Palestine, site unknown and existence perhaps doubtful.
וְסָבִ֖יב	and around
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: מוּסָב Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
צִידֽוֹן	Sidon
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: צִידֹון Sense: ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre.

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