5
Yo'av reported the results of the census to David: in Isra'el were 1,100,000 men who could handle a sword, while Y'hudah had 470,000 men who could handle a sword.
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But he didn't count Levi and Binyamin among them, because the king's order was hateful to Yo'av.
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God was displeased with this and therefore punished Isra'el.
8
David said to God, "I have greatly sinned by doing this. But now, please! Put aside your servant's sin, for I have done a very foolish thing."