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2 Samuel 24:7

in 2 Samuel 24

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and 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.

KJV

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 Beer–sheba.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The strong hold of Tyre - “The fenced city,” as it is generally rendered throughout the historical books. The cities of the Hivites - Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim, and perhaps Shechem, besides those at the foot of Hermon and Lebanon, of which we do not know the names. This continuance of distinct communities of Hivites so late as the end of David’s reign is remarkable.

This site's exposition

they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer

on 2 Samuel 24:5-9

The counters cross Jordan at Aroer and range north through Gilead toward Dan, then west toward Tyre and the Hivite cities, before circling south to Beersheba, tracing the whole land in nine months and twenty days. Joab returns a sum of eight hundred thousand swordsmen in Israel and five hundred thousand in Judah, and Albert Barnes reads the figures as partial, since Chronicles gives different totals and states plainly that Joab left Levi and Benjamin out of the count. John Gill takes the circuit itself as a mark of diligence, a task finished in ten months lacking ten days.

This site's exposition

the fortress of Tyre

The count reached the fortress of Tyre and then Beersheba, and Adam Clarke places the fortress at old Tyre on the mainland. Albert Barnes counts Gibeon and Beeroth as Hivite cities. Their survival into the reign of David ties back to the oath of chapter 21.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And came to the strong hold of Tyre,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The strong hold of Tyre - This must have been the old city of Tyre, which was built on the main land: the new city was built on a rock in the sea.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • מִבְצַר־[the] fortress of

    mivtzar-H4013 →

  • צֹ֔רTyre

    tzorH6865 →

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • עָרֵ֥י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • הַחִוִּ֖יthe Hivite[s]

    hachiviH2340 →

  • וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יand the Canaanite[s]

    vehakenaaniH3669 →

  • וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּand they went out

    vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • נֶ֥גֶב[the] Negev of

    negevH5045 →

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • בְּאֵ֥רBeer

    beerH884 →68 times

  • שָֽׁבַע׃Sheba

    shava'H884 →68 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,4 worksJoshua 11:3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.3 worksGenesis 13:1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.3 worksZechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.3 worksJudges 3:3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.2 worksGenesis 21:22–33At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Samuel 24:2So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 11:3

    to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

    it leads to

    • Judges 3:3

      the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    • Genesis 31:49

      It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

    • Joshua 18:26

      Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

  • Through

    2 Samuel 24:2

    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 3:10

      to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

    • Judges 20:1

      Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

    • Jeremiah 17:5

      This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

  • Through

    Joshua 19:29

    The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:31

      Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

  • Through

    Judges 3:3

    the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:3

      All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

The Plague of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Plague of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 24 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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