## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 24

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:1
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:1)

וְאוֹסִיף רוּגְזָא דַייָ לְמִתְקַף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְגָרֵי יַת דָוִד בְּהוֹן לְמֵימַר אֱזִיל מְנֵי יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיַת דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Again the anger of the LORD was strong against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and those of the House of Judah.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:2
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:2)

וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְיוֹאָב רַב חֵילָא דְעִמֵיהּ הֲלֵיךְ כְּעַן בְּכָל שִׁבְטָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִדָן וְעַד בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וּמְנֵי יַת עַמָא וְאִידַע יַת חֻשְׁבַּן עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:3
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:3)

וַאֲמַר יוֹאָב לְמַלְכָּא וְיוֹסֵף יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ עַל עַמָא כְּאִלֵין וּכְאִלֵין מְאָה זִמְנִין וְעֵינֵי רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא חָזָן וְרִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא לְמָא אִתְרְעֵי בְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But Joab said to the king, “May the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it. But my lord the king, why does he delight in this thing?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:4
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:4)

וּתְקֵיף פִּתְגָמָא דְמַלְכָּא עַל יוֹאָב וְעַל רַבָּנֵי חֵילָא וּנְפַק יוֹאָב וְרַבָּנֵי חֵילָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא לְמִמְנֵי יַת עַמָא יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out before the king to count the people of Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:5
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:5)

וַעֲבַרוּ יַת יַרְדְנָא וּשְׁרוֹ בַעֲרוֹעֵר דָרוֹם קַרְתָּא דִבְגוֹ נַחְלָא דְשִׁבְטָא גָד וְאֶל יַעְזֵר:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
They crossed the Jordan, and began in Aroer, south of the city that is in the middle of the brook, which is in the tribe of Gad, and in Jazer.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:6
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:6)

וַאֲתוֹ לְגִלְעָד וּלְאַרְעָא דָרוֹמָא לְחָדְשִׁי וַאֲתוֹ לְדָן יַעַן וּמִתַּמָן אִסְתְּחַר לְצִידוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And they came to Gilead, and to the land south of Hodshi. And they came to Dan jaan, and from there they went around to Sidon.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:7
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:7)

וַאֲתוֹ לְקִירְוִין כְּרִיכָן וְכָל קִרְוֵי חִוָאֵי וּכְנַעֲנָאֵי וּנְפַקוּ לְדָרוֹם יְהוּדָה לִבְאֵר שָׁבַע:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
They entered the fortified cities, and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. And they went out to the South of Judah, to Beer sheba.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:8
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:8)

וְהֲלִיכוּ בְּכָל אַרְעָא וַאֲתוֹ מִסְיָפֵי תִשְׁעַת יַרְחִין וְעַסְרִין יוֹמִין לִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So they went through all the land. At the end of nine months and twenty days they came to Jerusalem.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:9
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:9)

וִיהַב יוֹאָב יַת חֻשְׁבַּן מִנְיַן עַמָא לְמַלְכָּא וַהֲווֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּמְנֵי מְאָה אַלְפִין גְבַר גִבַּר שַׁלְפֵי סַיָפָא וֶאֱנַשׁ יְהוּדָה חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה אַלְפִין גַבְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Joab gave the calculation of the number of people to the king: Israel had eight hundred thousand heroic men, who drew the sword, and the men of Judah had five hundred thousand.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:10
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:10)

וְחַשׁ דָוִד בְּלִבֵּיהּ בָּתַר כֵּן דִמְנָא יַת עַמָא וַאֲמַר דָוִד קֳדָם יְיָ חָבִית לַחֲדָא דַעֲבָדִית הָדָא וּכְעַן יְיָ אַעֲבַּר כְּעַן יַת חוֹבָא דְעַבְדָךְ אֲרֵי אִתְתַּכָּלִית לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But David was troubled in his heart, after he had counted the people. And David said before the LORD, “I am terribly guilty in what I have done. But now, O LORD, take away the guilt of thy servant; for I have acted very foolishly.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:11
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:11)

וְקָם דָוִד בְּצַפְרָא וּפִתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ הֲוָה עִם גָד נְבִיָא חֶזְוַיָא דְדָוִד לְמֵימָר:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when David arose in the morning, a prophetic word from before the LORD came to Gad the prophet, David’s seer, saying,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:12
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:12)

אֱזִיל וּתְמַלֵיל עִם דָוִד כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ חֲדָא מִתְּלַת אֲנָא רָמֵי עֲלָךְ בְּחַר לָךְ חַד מִנְהוֹן וְאַעְבֵּד לָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
“Go and speak with David, ‘Thus says the LORD, One of three things I will impose upon you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:13
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:13)

וַאֲתָא גָד לְוַת דָוִד וְחַוֵי לֵיהּ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ הֲתָעוֹל לָךְ שְׁבַע שְׁנִין כַּפְנָא בְּאַרְעָךְ אִם תְּלָתָא יַרְחִין תְּהֵי עָרִיק קֳדָם סַנְאָךְ וְהוּא רָדִיף לָךְ וְאִם מֶהֱוֵה תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין מוֹתָא בְּאַרְעָךְ כְּעַן דַע וַחֲזֵי מָה אֲתִיב שֹׁלְחִי פִּתְגָמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you be fleeing three months before your hater, while he is pursuing you? Or shall there be three days of death in your land? Now, consider and decide what I shall answer to Him who sent me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:14
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:14)

וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְגָד עָקַת לִי לַחֲדָא נִתְמְסַר כְּעַן בְּיַד מֵימְרָא דַייָ אֲרֵי סַגִיאִין רַחֲמוֹהִי וּבִידָא דֶאֱנָשָׁא לָא אִתְמְסָר:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let us be surrendered now into the hand of the speech of the LORD, for his mercy is great. But let me not be surrendered into the hand of man.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:15
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:15)

וִיהַב יְיָ מוֹתָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעִידַן דְמִתְנְכִיס תְּמִידָא וְעַד דְמִתַּסֵק וּמִית מִן עַמָא מִדָן וְעַד בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע שַׁבְעִין אַלְפִין גַבְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So the LORD sent death among Israel, from the time that the continual offering is slaughtered until it is sacrificed. And there died from the people, from Dan to Beer sheba, seventy thousand men.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:16
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:16)

וְאוֹשִׁיט יְדֵיהּ מַלְאָכָא לִירוּשְׁלֵם לְחַבָּלוּתָהּ וְתַב יְיָ מִן בִּישְׁתָא וַאֲמַר לְמַלְאָכָא דִמְחַבֵּל בְּעַמָא מִסַת כְּעַן אַגַח יְדָךְ וּמַלְאָכָא דַייָ הֲוָה שָׁרֵי בְּבֵית אִידְרֵי דְאַרְנוֹן יְבוּסָאָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to harm it, the LORD turned back from the evil, and said to the angel who was harming among the people, “Enough now! Stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Arvan the Jebusite.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:17
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:17)

וַאֲמַר דָוִד קֳדָם יְיָ כַּד חֲזָא יַת מַלְאָכָא דְמִקַטֵל בְּעַמָא וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא חָבִית וַאֲנָא סְרָחִית וְאִלֵין עַמָא דְאִינוּן כְּעָנָא בְּיַד רַעְיָא מָה עֲבָדוּ תְּהֵי כְּעַן מָחֲתָךְ בִּי וּבְבֵית אַבָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said before the LORD, when he saw the angel who was killing among the people. And he said, “Behold, I have sinned myself, and I have spoilt the whole thing. But these people, who are like sheep in the hand of the shepherd, what have they done? Let thy plague be against me and against my father’s house.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:18
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:18)

וַאֲתָא גָד לְוַת דָוִד בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ סַק אֲקֵים קֳדָם יְיָ מַדְבְּחָא בְּבֵית אִידְרֵי דַאֲרַוָן יְבֻסָאָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, rear an altar before the LORD on the threshing floor of Arvan the Jebusite.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:19
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:19)

וּסְלִיק דָוִד כְּפִתְגָמָא דְגָד כְּמָא דְפַקֵיד יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David went up according to Gad’s word, as the LORD had spoken.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:20
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:20)

וְאִסְתְּכִי אֲרַוָן וַחֲזָא יַת מַלְכָּא וְיַת עַבְדוֹהִי עָבְרִין עֲלוֹהִי וּנְפַק אֲרְוָן וּסְגִיד לְמַלְכָּא אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when Arvan looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Arvan went forth, and bowed down to the king with his face to the ground.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:21
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:21)

וַאֲמַר אֲרַוָן מָא דֵין אֲתָא רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא לְוַת עַבְדֵיהּ וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְמִזְבַן מִנָךְ יַת בֵּית אִידְרֵי לְמִבְנָא מַדְבְּחָא קֲדָם יְיָ וְיִתְכְּלִי מוֹתָנָא מֵעַל עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Arvan said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor of you, in order to build an altar before the LORD, that the epidemic may be averted from the people.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:22
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:22)

וַאֲמַר אֲרַוָן לְדָוִד יִסַב וְיִסַק רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא דְתַקִין בְּעֵינוֹהִי חֲזֵי תּוֹרַיָא דִכְשֵׁרִין לַעֲלָתָא וּמוֹרִיגַיָא וּמָנֵי תוֹרַיָא לְאָעַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Arvan said to David, “Let my lord the king take and sacrifice what seems right in his sight. See the oxen fit for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the tools of the oxen for the wood.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:23
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:23)

כֹּלָא יְהַב אֲרַוָן מַלְכָּא לְמַלְכָּא דִי בְעָא מִנֵיהּ מַלְכָּא וַאֲמַר אֲרַוָן לְמַלְכָּא יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יְקַבֵּיל קוּרְבָּנָךְ בְּרַעֲוָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
All that the king has asked him Arvan gives to the king.” And Arvan said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept your sacrifice with pleasure.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:24
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:24)

וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לַאֲרַוָן לָא אֲרֵי מִזְבַּן אֶזְבּוּן מִנָךְ בְּדָמִין וְלָא אַסִיק קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָי עֲלַוָן מַגָן וּזְבַן דָוִד יַת בֵּית אִידְרֵי וְיַת תּוֹרַיָא בִּכְסַף סַלְעִין חַמְשִׁין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But the king said to Arvan, “No, for I will surely buy it from you for a price. I will not bring up burnt offerings before the LORD my God for nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty *selas*.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:25
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 24:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/24:25)

וּבְנָא תַמָן דָוִד מַדְבְּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ וְאַסֵיק עֲלַוָן וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין וְקַבֵּיל יְיָ צְלוֹת דַיָרֵי אַרְעָא וְאִתְכְּלִי מוֹתָנָא מֵעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David built there an altar before the LORD, and brought up burnt offerings and holy sacrifices. And the LORD accepted the prayer of the inhabitants of the land, and the epidemic was averted from Israel.