1 Chronicles 21:4

New Century Version

But the king commanded Joab, so Joab left and went through all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab said, “May the Lord give the nation a hundred times more people. My master the king, all the Israelites are your servants. Why do you want to do this, my master? You will make Israel guilty of sin.”

1 Chronicles 21:5

Joab gave the list of the people to David. There were one million one hundred thousand men in all of Israel who could use the sword, and there were four hundred seventy thousand men in Judah who could use the sword.

Exodus 1:17

But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

What the king says is law; no one tells him what to do.

Daniel 3:18

But even if God does not save us, we want you, O king, to know this: We will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God, not human authority!