1 Chronicles 21:6

New English Translation

Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

1 Chronicles 21:7

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll called The Annals of King David.