2 Samuel 24:5
What does 2 Samuel 24:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 24:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when they had passed the Jordan, they came to Aroer to the right side of the city, which is in the vale of Gad.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jaazer.
Context
v.4Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
v.5This passage
v.6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 13:16
And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
- 1 Samuel 30:28
and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,
- Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 13:9
from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
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