“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 24 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.