Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
Parallel translations
- WEB then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,
- KJV Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
- NKJV Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon;
- NASB Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon,
- NLT then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
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Quick answer
The census-takers proceeded through Gilead and the northern regions toward Dan and Sidon.
Overview
Joab's company moves through the northern reaches of the land. The detailed geography conveys the scope and labor of the census, emphasizing how far-reaching the consequences of David's pride would become.
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- Josh 19:28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Judg 18:28–29There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- Judg 1:31Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
- Num 32:39The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Num 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Josh 19:47(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
- Gen 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Gen 31:21So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
- Gen 31:47–48Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
- Josh 11:8and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
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