1 Chronicles 21:6

Now Joab ¹  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

Joab, disgusted by the command--it, in fact, turned his stomach!--protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking.

SABDAweb 1Ch 21:6

But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king’s order.

bibleoremus 1Ch 21:6

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

biblegateway 1Ch 21:6

Now Joab ¹  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

¹ 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the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.