The Meaning of 2 Samuel 24:8 Explained

2 Samuel 24:8

KJV: So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

YLT: And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

Darby: And they went through all the land, and 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 24:8?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 24:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

What does 2 Samuel 24:8 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 24:8 mean?

So when they had gone through all the land and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ בְּכָל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ מִקְצֵ֨ה תִשְׁעָ֧ה חֳדָשִׁ֛ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים י֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ	So when they had gone
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: שׁוּט Sense: to go, go or rove about, go to and fro.
בְּכָל־	through all
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הָאָ֑רֶץ	the land
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	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.
מִקְצֵ֨ה	at the end
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קָצֶה Sense: end, extremity.
תִשְׁעָ֧ה	of nine
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: תֵּשַׁע Sense: nine, nonad.
חֳדָשִׁ֛ים	months
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: חֹדֶשׁ Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים	and twenty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
י֖וֹם	days
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם	to Jerusalem
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.

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