1 Chronicles 21:5
Context21:5 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 29:25
Context29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. 4


[21:5] 1 tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”
[21:5] 2 tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”
[21:5] 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.”
[29:25] 4 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”