But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Chronicles 21:6 in context
1 Chronicles 21:3–9
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Joab said, “May the LORD 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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Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.
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Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
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But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
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God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
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David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
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The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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