Discovery Box2 Samuel 24:4-9 
Context24:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of 1 Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.
24:5 They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at 2 the wadi of Gad, near Jazer. 24:6 Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon. 3 24:7 Then they went to the fortress of Tyre 4 and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba. 24:8 They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem. 5
24:9 Joab reported the number of warriors 6 to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.
1 tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”
2 tn Heb “in the middle of.”
3 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”
