1 Chronicles 21:5-8

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  21:6 Now Joab ⁴  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him. 21:7 God was also offended by it, ⁵  so he attacked Israel.

21:8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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 “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “There was displeasure in the eyes of God concerning this thing.”