2 Samuel 24:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi;b and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, ”

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

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 rig...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 24. The Census (J). ( Cf. p. 292.) This event also may belong to the beginning of David's reign over all Israel. 2 Samuel 24:1-9 . Here is another illustration of the imperfect recog...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Tahtim-hodshi . Site unknown. If translated. the lower parts of the country where the new moon was worshipped. Like Beth-shemesh. House of the Sun. Dan-jaan . Dan in the wood, perhaps Laish-Dan (...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, Tahtim-hodshi - Where this place was is not exactly known: some think that the words refer to...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, The land of Tahtim-hodshi. What place is meant has been a matter of various conjecture...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Numbering of the People, and its Penalty In punishment for David's sin in numbering the people, God sends a pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the plague, David e...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Land of Tahtim-hodshi. — This unknown and strange name, of which the ancient versions make nothing, is generally considered as a corruption. The most probable conjecture is that for “Tahtim” we sho...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL. 2 Samuel 24:1-25 THOUGH David's life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Proud Heart Humbled 2 Samuel 24:1-14 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...
2 Samuel 24:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book closes with one other picture, reminding us of the direct government of the people by God in that He visited the king and the nation with punishment for numbering the people. It has been ob...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king del...
2 Samuel 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then they came to Gilead ,.... 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, Deuteronomy 3:12 ; which tribes were nu...
2 Samuel 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, Ver. 6. To the land of Tahtimhodshi. ] In terram inferiorem recens comparatam, into the...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, th...
2 Samuel 24:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The reason for God's anger burning against Israel (v.1) is not told us: if there is no public occasion for it, then it must be due to the moral and spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People Numbered. B. C. 1017. 1 And again the anger of the L ORD was kindled against...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To Gilead; to Mount Gilead, which lay northward from Arnon. Tahtim-hodshi; a place so called. Or, the lowland lately gained , i. e. not given by Joshua, but taken lately from the Hagarites by Sa...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 24:1 . “ Again ,” Evidently referring to the famine mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1-14 . “ Israel .” Some special national guilt not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers supp...
2 Samuel 24:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:1 . The Lord moved David. He permitted Satan to stand up against Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1 . 2 Samuel 24:9 . There were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the s...
2 Samuel 24:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go, number Israel and Judah. David numbering the people I. The sin committed by David. It is possible that David dwelt with satisfaction upon the thought of his ample resources and numerous arm...
2 Samuel 24:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 24:1 And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. It is probable that this chapter once stood in intimate connection with 2 Samuel 21:1-10 ; and that th...
2 Samuel 24:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People Numbered
2 Samuel 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:15 ; Genesis 31:21 ; Genesis 31:47 ; Genesis 31:48 ; Joshua 11:8 ; Joshua 19:28 ; Joshua 19:47 ; Judges 18:28 ; Judges 18:29 ; Numbers 32:1 ; Numbers 32:39

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

2 Samuel 24:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 24:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 24:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 24:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 24:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 24:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge