4 However, the king’s command prevailed over Joab, who departed and traversed all of Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem.

5 Joab reported the census figures to David: of men capable of wielding a sword, there were in all Israel one million one hundred thousand, and in Judah four hundred and seventy thousand.

6 Levi and Benjamin, however, he did not include in the census, for the king’s command was repugnant to Joab.

1 Chronicles 21:4-6, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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