then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi and 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,
- BSB Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
- 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,
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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 19:28and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.
- Judg 18:28–29There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived in it.
- Judg 1:31Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
- Num 32:39The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
- Num 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
- Josh 19:47The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.
- Gen 10:15Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
- Gen 31:21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
- Gen 31:47–48Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
- Josh 11:8Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining.
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