1 Chronicles 21:6

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, 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 struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

1 Chronicles 21:7

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