1 Chronicles 21:3-6 Joab said, "May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"

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3 H3097 Joab H559 said, H3068 "May Yahweh H5971 make his people H3967 a hundred H6471 times H1992 as many as they H113 are. But, my lord H4428 the king, H1992 aren't they H113 all my lord's H5650 servants? H113 Why does my lord H1245 require H819 this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt H3478 to Israel?"

4 H4428 Nevertheless the king's H1697 word H2388 prevailed H3097 against Joab. H3097 Therefore Joab H3318 departed, H1980 and went H3478 throughout all Israel, H935 and came H3389 to Jerusalem.

5 H3097 Joab H5414 gave H4557 up the sum H4662 of the numbering H5971 of the people H1732 to David. H3478 All those of Israel H505 were one H505 million H3967 one hundred H505 thousand H376 men H8025 who drew H2719 sword: H3063 and in Judah H702 were four H3967 hundred H7657 seventy H505 thousand H376 men H8025 who drew H2719 sword.

6 H6485 But he didn't count H3878 Levi H1144 and Benjamin H8432 among H4428 them; for the king's H1697 word H8581 was abominable H3097 to Joab.