4The king's word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.


In Context

1 Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, "Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are."

3 But Joab replied, "May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord's subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?"

4 The king's word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

5 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.

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

1st Chronicles 21:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:4But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came again to Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4And the word of the king is severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Why Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.