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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:5

Aroer . There is some uncertainty as to the Aroer here meant. There is first a city of that name in the tribe of Gad facing Rabbah ( Joshua 13:25 ), and this is apparently the city meant; for it is said that "Joab and his men pitched in Aroer, on the south side of the city situated in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer." Now, Jazer is also in Gad, about seven miles west of Rabbah, and as Rabbah is on the extreme east of the Israelite territory towards Ammon, it would be a very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:5-10

( 1 Chronicles 21:5-8 ).—( THE ROYAL BED CHAMBER .) An, awakened conscience. The taking of the census occupied over nine months; and during this time David remained insensible to his sin, and waited for the result. At length the work was finished (about wheat harvest), and the number given to the king; but, whilst he looked at the definite proof of the nation's increase, and at first, perhaps, felt elated at the thought of commanding an army of mere than a million soldiers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:6

Then they came to Gilead. When the enumerators had finished their labours in Reuben and the region south of Aroer, Joab moved his camp northwards, and pitched in Gilead, on the river Jabbek; and, having completed the counting in this part of the tribe of Gad, would next enter the wild regions of Manasseh. It is probable that the tribal princes and local officers actually numbered the people, and that Joab, with a powerful force, constrained them to obedience often against their will. It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:7

Tyre (comp. Joshua 19:29 ). Tyre and the whole coast land between it and Sidon had been too strong for the tribe of Asher, and remained unsubdued. But, like the independent states in India, it acknowlodged the supremacy of the paramount power. The cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites. It is evident from this that even in David's time there were towns and districts were Hivites and Canaanites dwelt as distinct communities, governed probably by their own laws. But as they were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:8

Nine months and twenty days. This long period seems excessive, if nothing more was intended than merely counting the heads of the people, especially as the census was left unfinished. But there might very probably be difficulties with the aliens dwelling in Israel; and it is still more probable that there was a complete examination of all the military resources of the land. The result showed a very different state of things from that described in 1 Samuel 13:19-22 , and we can well... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:5

Aroer - Aroer on the Arnon (Deuteronomy 2:36 note). Aroer itself stood on the very edge of the precipitous cliff of the valley; and in the valley beneath, possibly in an island in the stream, stood another city which is here alluded to.River - Rather, “the valley” (margin). They passed from Aroer, northward to Gad, and so pitched at Jazer (see the marginal references), which is on the frontier of Gad and Reuben. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:6

To Gilead - Jazer was in the plain. They passed from there to the mountain district of Gilead.The land of Tahtim-hodshi - The text here is corrupt, as no such land is known. Possibly the right reading is “the land of the Hittites” Judges 1:26; “hodshi” may be a fragment of a sentence which mentioned in what month חדשׁ chôdesh they arrived there, just as 2 Samuel 24:8 relates that they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine “months.”Dan-jaan - The versions read “Dan-jaar,” i. e., Dan in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:7

The strong hold of Tyre - “The fenced city,” as it is generally rendered throughout the historical books.The cities of the Hivites - Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim, and perhaps Shechem, besides those at the foot of Hermon and Lebanon, of which we do not know the names. This continuance of distinct communities of Hivites so late as the end of David’s reign is remarkable. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:5-7

2 Samuel 24:5-7. They passed over Jordan They went first into the eastern part of the country, and so by the northern coasts to the west, and then to the south. And pitched in Aroer These words seem to import, that they pitched their tents in the field, and thither summoned the neighbouring towns to come unto them: which was very troublesome, and at last proved intolerably grievous. And to the land of Tahtim-hodshi It is in vain to seek after this land, which is not mentioned in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:8-9

2 Samuel 24:8-9. When they had gone through all the land But not numbered all the people, for the work grew so tedious that they omitted Levi and Benjamin. Joab gave up the number of the people There are two returns left us of this numbering, (one here and the other 1 Chronicles 21:0,) which differ considerably from one another; especially in relation to the men of Israel; which, in the first, are returned but eight hundred thousand, but in the last, one million one hundred thousand. “But... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 24:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:5-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 24:8-9

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