1 Chronicles 21:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ to report the total population count to David. Throughout all of Israel there were 1,100,000 men trained for war.^[a] In Judah there were 470,000 men trained for war. ⁶ Levi and Benjamin were not included in the census, because what the king had commanded was unethical to Joab.

David Chooses His Punishment^(A)

⁷ God considered this behavior^[b] to be evil, so he attacked Israel.