1 Chronicles 21:5

5 Yo'av gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Yisra'el were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Yehudah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.

1 Chronicles 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:5

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:5 In-Context

3 Yo'av said, the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Yisra'el?

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Yo'av. Therefore Yo'av departed, and went throughout all Yisra'el, and came to Yerushalayim.

5 Yo'av gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Yisra'el were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Yehudah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.

6 But he didn't count Levi and Binyamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Yo'av.

7 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Yisra'el.