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But Joab replied, “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times! Sir, aren’t you the king, and aren’t they all your servants? Why do you want to do this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”

But the king overruled Joab, who left and traveled throughout all Israel. When he returned to Jerusalem, he reported to David the total number: there were 1,100,000 men available for military service in all Israel, while Judah alone had 470,000.

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