2 Samuel 24:6

“Then they came to Gilead, etc.] The land of Gilead, half of which was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the other half to the half tribe of Manasseh, (<050312>Deuteronomy 3:12,13); which tribes were numbered, and the first of all: and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; or the low lands of a new place; it seems to be a country newly possessed and inhabited; the Targum calls it the southern land of Hodshi; Bunting f412 calls it the lower country of Hodshi, near to the city Corazin, in the half tribe of Manasseh, fifty two miles from Jerusalem, and towards the northeast, and signifies a new land: and they came to Danjaan; the same that is simply called Dan, and formerly Leshem,…”

“the land of Tahtim-hodshi--that is, the land lately acquired; namely, that of the Hagarites conquered by Saul (Ch1 5:10). The progress was northward. Thence they crossed the country, and, proceeding along the western coast to the southern extremities of the country, they at length arrived in Jerusalem, having completed the enumeration of the whole kingdom in the space of nine months and twenty days.”

“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 wood. Whatever is the meaning of “Jaan,” there can be little doubt that Dan (the ancient Laish) is meant (marginal references), both from its position and importance as the northern boundary of…”

“Gilead: Gen 31:21, Gen 31:47, Gen 31:48; Num 32:1, Num 32:39 land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited, Dan-jaan. Jos 19:47; Jdg 18:29 Zidon: Gen 10:15; Jos 11:8, Jos 19:28; Jdg 18:28 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 24:7”