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1 Chronicles 21:3-5
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 21:3-5
New English Translation
3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army[a] a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”[b]
4 But the king’s edict stood, despite Joab’s objections.[c] So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem. 5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors.[d] In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding[e] soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.[f]
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- 1 Chronicles 21:3 tn Or “people.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.
- 1 Chronicles 21:4 tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than Joab.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 tn Heb “a thousand thousands and 100,000.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.”
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