1 Chronicles 21:6

6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

1 Chronicles 21:6 in Other Translations

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

6 But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.

6 But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.

6 Joab, disgusted by the command - it, in fact, turned his stomach! - protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking.

6 But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king's command was detestable to him.

1 Chronicles 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:6

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:6 In-Context

4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

5 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.

6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”