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2 Samuel 24:2-9
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2 Samuel 24:2-9
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2 Alors le roi ordonna à Joab, chef de son armée[a] qui se trouvait près de lui : Parcours, je te prie, toutes les tribus d’Israël, depuis Dan jusqu’à Beer-Sheva ; que l’on recense le peuple, pour que je sache quel en est le nombre !
3 Joab dit au roi : Que l’Eternel, ton Dieu, rende le peuple cent fois plus nombreux et que mon seigneur le roi puisse encore le voir de ses yeux ! Mais pourquoi mon seigneur le roi désire-t-il faire pareille chose ?
4 Mais le roi maintint l’ordre donné à Joab et aux chefs de l’armée. Ils se mirent donc en route pour faire le recensement d’Israël. 5 Ils franchirent d’abord le Jourdain et s’arrêtèrent près de Aroër[b], au sud de la ville qui se trouve au fond de la vallée de Gad et près de Yaezer. 6 De là, ils passèrent dans le territoire de Galaad et dans la région de Tahtim-Hodshi. Ils continuèrent jusqu’à Dan-Yaân et aux environs, vers Sidon, 7 et arrivèrent à la forteresse de Tyr, puis ils allèrent dans toutes les villes des Héviens et des Cananéens[c]. Ils parvinrent enfin au Néguev de Juda, à Beer-Sheva. 8 Ils parcoururent ainsi tout le pays et, au bout de neuf mois et vingt jours, ils regagnèrent Jérusalem. 9 Joab communiqua au roi le résultat du recensement du peuple : Israël comptait 800 000 hommes aptes à porter les armes et Juda 500 000.
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- 24.2 L’ancienne version grecque et 1 Ch 21.2 (voir v. 4) ont : et les chefs de l’armée. Il s’agit d’un recensement militaire (voir v. 9) qui ne comprend donc pas la tribu de Lévi (ni celle de Benjamin, voir 1 Ch 21.6 ; 27.23) ni les hommes de moins de 20 ans.
- 24.5 Sur l’Arnon, la frontière sud de la tribu de Ruben, à l’est de la mer Morte, non loin de Rabba, la capitale des Moabites (Jos 13.25). Les envoyés commencent leur travail à l’est du pays, ils passeront au nord, puis à l’ouest et au sud.
- 24.7 Deux peuples habitant Canaan avant la conquête du pays par les Israélites (Jos 3.10).
2 Samuel 24:2-9
New International Version
2 Samuel 24:2-9
New International Version
2 So the king said to Joab(A) and the army commanders[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba(B) and enroll(C) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”
3 But Joab(D) replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over,(E) and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
4 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.
5 After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer,(F) south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.(G) 6 They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.(H) 7 Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre(I) and all the towns of the Hivites(J) and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba(K) in the Negev(L) of Judah.
8 After they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.(M)
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- 2 Samuel 24:2 Septuagint (see also verse 4 and 1 Chron. 21:2); Hebrew Joab the army commander
2 Samuel 24:2-9
King James Version
2 Samuel 24:2-9
King James Version
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.
3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
4 Notwithstanding 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.
5 And 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:
6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 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.
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2 Samuel 24:2-9
New King James Version
2 Samuel 24:2-9
New King James Version
2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, (A)from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that (B)I may know the number of the people.”
3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God (C)add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?” 4 Nevertheless the king’s word [a]prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
5 And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in (D)Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward (E)Jazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to (F)Dan Jaan and around to (G)Sidon; 7 and they came to the stronghold of (H)Tyre and to all the cities of the (I)Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. (J)And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
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- 2 Samuel 24:4 overruled
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