Bible Dictionary
Tahtimhodshi
Tahtim-hodshi was a district listed among the places visited during Joab’s census of Israel. The name is obscure, and its precise location remains uncertain.
Definition
Tahtimhodshi was a district or land included in Joab’s census route under David. It is listed between Gilead and Dan-jaan, but its name and location remain obscure.
Biblical Usage
The place is mentioned only in the account of Joab’s numbering of the land of Israel.
Historical Background
Interpreters have proposed that it lay in the upper Jordan valley, possibly near the western base of Hermon, but the supplied material emphasizes that the name has puzzled interpreters.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(lowlands of Hodshi?), The land of, one of the places visited by Joab during his census of the land of Israel. It occurs between Gilead and Dan-jaan. (2 Samuel 24:6) The name has puzzled all the interpreters, (Kitto says it was probably a section of the upper valley of the Jordan, now called Ard el-Huleh, lying deep down at the western base of Hermon.—ED.)