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2 Samuel 24:2

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

KJV

Dixitque rex ad Joab principem exercitus sui : Perambula omnes tribus Israël a Dan usque Bersabee, et numerate populum, ut sciam numerum ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Ἰωὰβ ἄρχοντα τῆς ἰσχύος τὸν μετ’ αὐτοῦ Δίελθε δὴ πάσας φυλὰς Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ Δὰν καὶ ἕως Βηρσάβεε καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι τὸν λαόν, καὶ γνώσομαι τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ λαοῦ.

LXX

And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל יוֹאָ֣ב שַׂר הַ/חַ֣יִל אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗/וֹ שֽׁוּט נָ֞א בְּ/כָל שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִ/דָּן֙ וְ/עַד בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע וּ/פִקְד֖וּ אֶת הָ/עָ֑ם וְ/יָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י אֵ֖ת מִסְפַּ֥ר הָ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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People DanJoab

In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
proper_noun · 68×
דָ֔ן
dn
proper_noun · 70×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת
mshttvt
verb · 13×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:10 — To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
  • 2Sam 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
  • Judg 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
  • Judg 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.