King James Version
2 Samuel 24:8 in the King James Version says “So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.”
2 Samuel 24:8 · KJV
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited
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.
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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.
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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“So when they had gone”
H7751properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e., (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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