Nevertheless, the king’s order prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the presence of the king to conduct a census of the people of Israel. They crossed the Jordan and camped in (A)Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the Valley of Gad and toward (B)Jazer. Then they came to Gilead and to [a]the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to (C)Sidon,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:6 Another reading is Kadesh in the land of the Hittite

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.

After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer,(A) south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.(B) They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.(C)

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