Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:7
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, [even] to Beer-sheba.
7. the strong hold of Tyre ] The same term generally rendered fenced city in the E. V. is applied to Tyre in Jos 19:29, where Tyre is named among the places on the border of Asher. Like Zidon it was never occupied by the Israelites, and we must suppose either that the region traversed by the enumerators is defined as reaching up to though not including Tyre and Zidon, or that these cities were actually visited in order to take a census of Israelites resident in them.
the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites ] The old inhabitants were never exterminated from the northern part of Palestine, but made tributary, and apparently allowed to dwell in communities of their own. The district round Kedesh-Naphtali in particular was called the region of the nations or Galilee of the Gentiles ( Jos 20:7 ; 1Ki 9:11; Isa 9:1). The Hivites dwelt principally in this northern region (Jos 11:3; Jdg 3:3), and also round Gibeon (Jos 11:19), and are probably specified as the tribe of which most survived: the Canaanites would include all the other native tribes in general.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The strong hold of Tyre – The fenced city, as it is generally rendered throughout the historical books.
The cities of the Hivites – Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim, and perhaps Shechem, besides those at the foot of Hermon and Lebanon, of which we do not know the names. This continuance of distinct communities of Hivites so late as the end of Davids reign is remarkable.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. The strong hold of Tyre] This must have been the old city of Tyre, which was built on the main land: the new city was built on a rock in the sea.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And came to the strong hold of Tyre,…. That is, old Tyre, which stood thirty furlongs from new Tyre, the island y; of which
[See comments on Isa 23:1]; this must be understood of the parts near unto it; for that itself was not within the land of Israel, and so its inhabitants not to be numbered:
and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: which were possessed by them, and from whence they were not driven out by the Israelites; to all places contiguous to them, Joab and his captains came to take the number of them:
and they went out to the south of Judah: [even] to Beersheba; passing through the western part of the land, they came to the southern part of it, even as far as Beersheba, which was the extreme part of the land to the south.
y Strabo. Geograph. l. 16. p. 521.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites.The remnants of the original inhabitants appear still to have occupied distinct towns by themselves. The Hivites were chiefly in the northern part of the land, though Gibeon and its towns had belonged to them. The Canaanites is a general name for the remnants of all the other races.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. Tyre On the same seacoast, twenty miles south of Zidon. See on Jos 19:29.
Hivites That dwelt in the north. Jdg 3:3.
Canaanites Various tribes that dwelt between Tyre and Beer-sheba.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 24:7 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.
Ver. 7. And to all the cities of the Hivites. ] Who would dwell among the Israelites, and could not be gotten out. Jdg 1:31-32 So nothing is more pertinacious than a strong lust.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
strong hold. Compare Jos 19:29.
went out. Some codices read “came [in]”.
south = the Negeb. Some codices read “land”. See note on Gen 13:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Tyre: Jos 19:29
to Beersheba: 2Sa 24:2, Gen 21:31-33
Reciprocal: Gen 13:1 – the south Zec 9:3 – build