1 Chronicles 21:6

New International Reader's Version

But Joab didn’t include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the total number. The king’s command was sickening to Joab.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him to one side. He brought him into an inside room. Joab acted as if he wanted to speak to him in private. But he really wanted to get even with him. That’s because Abner had spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel. So Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and he died.

1 Chronicles 21:7

It was also evil in the sight of God. So he punished Israel.

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to count the men. But he didn’t finish. The Lord was angry with Israel because David had begun to count the men. So the number wasn’t written down in the official records of King David.