1 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. ¹  In all Israel there were 1,100,000 ²  sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. ³ 

1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” ⁴  But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 21:16

21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”

² tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”

³ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”

⁴ tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

⁷ tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”