1 Chronicles 21:3-5

EasyEnglish Bible

³ But Joab replied, ‘I pray that the Lord will make your army grow 100 times bigger! All your men are your faithful servants, my lord the king. But why do you want to do this? You will cause all Israel to become guilty.’

⁴ But Joab had to obey the king's command. So Joab left. He went through all Israel and then he returned to Jerusalem. ⁵ Joab reported to David about the number of soldiers who could fight. There were 1,100,000 men in all Israel who could fight with swords. There were 470,000 men in Judah who could fight with swords.