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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.
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A Nearly Ten-Month Task
Commentators note that the census of Israel was a massive undertaking, requiring nine months and twenty days to complete. This extensive period, which one scholar describes as "very expeditious" for the time, highlights the sheer scale of the task as Joab and his commanders traversed the entire land.
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2 Samuel
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Reformed Baptist
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