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1 Chronicles 21:5
5Joab reported to David about the number of soldiers who could fight. There were 1,100,000 men in all Israel who could fight with swords. There were 470,000 men in Judah who could fight with swords.
1 Chronicles 21:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
- New International Version (NIV)Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.
Context of 1 Chronicles 21:5
3But Joab replied, ‘I pray that the Lord will make your army grow 100 times bigger! All your men are your faithful servants, my lord the king. But why do you want to do this? You will cause all Israel to become guilty.’ 4But Joab had to obey the king's command. So Joab left. He went through all Israel and then he returned to Jerusalem. Joab reported to David about the number of soldiers who could fight. There were 1,100,000 men in all Israel who could fight with swords. There were 470,000 men in Judah who could fight with swords. 6But the king's command had seemed disgusting to Joab. So he did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin. 7God was also angry because David had done this thing. So he decided to punish Israel.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 211 Chronicles 21:5 word by word
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־דָּוִ֑יד וַיְהִ֣י כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה אֶ֤לֶף אִישׁ֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה אַרְבַּע֩ מֵא֨וֹת וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
- gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- the sumמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
- of the numberמִפְקָדmiphqâd · appointmentH4662
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- unto Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- were a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- and an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- that drewשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
- swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
- and Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:5
- 1 Chronicles 27:23The Lord had promised to make Israel a nation with as many people as there are stars in the sky. So King David did not count the men who were less than 20 years old.
- 2 Samuel 24:9Joab reported to the king about the number of soldiers who could fight. There were 800,000 men in Israel who could use a sword to fight. There were also 500,000 soldiers in Judah.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5All they of Israel were a thousand thousand - Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand - In the parallel place, 2 Samuel 24:9; (note), the men of Israel are reckoned eight hundred thousand, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5In 2 Samuel 24:9 the numbers are different. The explanation there given is not so generally accepted as the supposition that the numbers have, in one passage or the other (or possibly in both), suffered corruption.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30This account of the census is similar to 2 Samuel 24:1–25 but focuses on different aspects. The Chronicler’s version sets the stage for dedicating the altar and preparing to build the temple (1 Chronicles 22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Joab gave the sum of the number of the children of Israel--It amounted to one million one hundred thousand men in Israel, capable of bearing arms, inclusive of the three hundred thousand military (1Ch 27:1-9), which, being already enlisted in the royal service, were not reckoned (2Sa 24:9), and to four hundred seventy thousand men in Judah, omitting thirty thousand which formed an army of observation stationed on the Philistine frontier (2Sa 6:1). So…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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