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2 Samuel 24:8

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Samuel 24:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
2 Samuel 24:8 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Samuel 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5And 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 unto Jazer:
6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,
7and 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 Beer-sheba.
8So when they had gone to and from through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
10And David`s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
11And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David`s seer, saying,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So when they had gone through all the land, etc.] Beginning at the east, and from thence to the north, and then going about to the west, came to the south, which finished their circuit: they came to Jerusalem, at the end of nine months and twenty days: they were ten months wanting ten days in numbering the people; in which they seem to have been very expeditious.”
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