1 Chronicles 21:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But Levi and Benjamin he did not include among them, for the king's order was detestable to Joab.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

Common English Bible

⁶ He didn’t include Levi and Benjamin among them, because Joab disagreed with the king’s order.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.

1 Chronicles 21:6 Cross References

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish; yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

1 Chronicles 21:7

But God was displeased with this thing, and he smote Israel.