strong hold. Compare Joshua 19:29.
went out. Some codices read "came [in]".
south. the Negeb. Some codices read "land". See note on Genesis 13:1.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 24:7
2 Samuel 24:7
7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.