6But Levi and Benjamin he did not number: for Joab unwillingly executed the king's orders.


In Context

3 And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are : but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?

4 But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.

5 And he gave David the number of them, whom he had surveyed: and all the number of Israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men.

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

7 And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.

8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly.

1 Chronicles 21:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king's command was repulsive to him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin he counted not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.