Type: place
When a census was taken during the time of David, this was the region where the survey began. From here, they went around the entire land of Israel.
2 Sam 24:4But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. So Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to muster the people of Israel.2 Sam 24:5They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and on toward Jazer.2 Sam 24:6Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Danyaan, and from Danyaan they went around to Sidon,Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba.2 Sam 24:8So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.