Chronicles I 21:5

5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

Chronicles I 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:5

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Chronicles I 21:5 In-Context

3 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they , and the eyes of my lord the king see : all the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? , lest it become a sin to Israel.

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

6 But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.

7 And evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.