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2 Samuel 24:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
2 Samuel 24:8
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6 then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, the LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
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2 Samuel 24:1
"Again the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”"
2 Samuel 24:2
"The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”"
2 Samuel 24:3
"Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”"
2 Samuel 24:4
"Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel."
2 Samuel 24:5
"They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;"
2 Samuel 24:6
"then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,"
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