2 Samuel 24:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Israel. 800,000 "valiant men". Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

Judah. 500,000 "men". Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. [Compare 1 Chronicles 21:5,. different classification. Israel. 1,100,000, "all they of Israel that drew sword": i.e. all adults, not necessarily "valiant". Judah. 470,000 "men that drew sword"; not all the "men "by 30,000.]

2 Samuel 24:9

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number 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.