📖WEB · 2 Samuel 24:9
What does 2 Samuel 24:9 mean?
"Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men."
— 2 Samuel 24:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,
and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
When David rose up in the morning, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
“Go and speak to David, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
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Biblical perspective
What does 24/9 mean spiritually?
Searching for the meaning of 24/9 or seeing it repeatedly? Revelation 4:9 and Matthew 24:9 are both real verses — though neither carries the "sign" meaning angel number communities assign to it.
Matthew 24:9 is part of Jesus' teaching about endurance and faithfulness in difficult times — which is often the real question behind these searches.
Matthew 24:9
"Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake."
Revelation 4:9
"When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever..."
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