1 Chronicles 21:6

New King James Version

But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.

1 Chronicles 21:7

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.