What Does 2 Samuel 24:15 Mean?

“sent”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“So the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“a pestilence”

a pestilence

“upon Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“from the morning”

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“even to the time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

“appointed”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“and there died”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“of the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“from Dan”

dan, one of the sons of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in palestine colonized by them

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“even to Beersheba”

beer-sheba, a place in palestine

“seventy”

seventy

“thousand”

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

“men”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)