1 Chronicles 21:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

1 Chronicles 21:7

And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

1 Chronicles 27:24

The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.