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2 Samuel 24:9

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 24:9

Verse 9 of 25

Scripture focus

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.

2 Samuel 24:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:9

Theological / Devotional

Gave up the sum. The figures given here differ from those in 1 Chron. 21:5. Some believe that the total assigned to Israel in Chronicles may have included the standing army of 288,000 men (1 Chron. 27:1-15). Others take this total to include estimates of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, whose census was not taken (1 Chron. 21:6). Perhaps a distinction can be found between the “valiant men” here designated and the “all they of Israel” in 1 Chron. 21:5 by regarding the former group as troops eligible for active duty, and the latter as including, in addition, reserve units. In any case the figures as given are obviously round numbers.

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