Font Size
1 Chronicles 21:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Chronicles 21:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. 5 Joab gave the total count of the people to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and in Judah four hundred seventy thousand who drew the sword.(A) 6 But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.(B)
Read full chapter
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.