1 Chronicles 21:6 - Easy To Read Version

Joab did not count the family groups of Levi and Benjamin. Joab did not count those family groups because he did not like King David’s order.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Levi and Benjamin he did not include among them, for the king's order was detestable to Joab.

American Standard Version (1901)

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

Common English Bible

He didn’t include Levi and Benjamin among them, because Joab disagreed with the king’s order.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Levi and Benjamin he did not number: for Joab unwillingly executed the king's orders.

1 Chronicles 21:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab took him to one side in the middle of the gateway to talk with him in private. And then Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and Abner died. Abner had killed Joab’s brother Asahel. So now Joab killed Abner.

1 Chronicles 21:7

David had done a bad thing in God’s sight. So God punished Israel.

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the people, but he did not finish. {\cf2\super [297]} God became angry with the people of Israel. That is why the number of the people was not put in the book The History of King David.