1 Chronicles 21:6

God's Word

Joab didn’t include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king’s order.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway as if to talk to him privately. There he stabbed Abner in the belly. Abner died because he spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

1 Chronicles 21:7

God considered the census to be sinful, so he struck Israel ⌞with a plague⌟.

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab, son of Zeruiah, started to count them but didn’t finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, and the report from it was never included in the official records of King David.