1 Chronicles 21:1-7
Census Brings Pestilence
1 (A)Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.
2 So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “(B)Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number.”
3 Joab said, “(C)May the Lord add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore, Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Joab gave the number of the (a)census of all the people to David. And (D)all Israel were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 men who drew the sword.
6 (E)But he did not (b)number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s (c)command was abhorrent to Joab.
Footnotes:
a.
1 Chronicles 21:5: ['Lit ', muster]
b.
1 Chronicles 21:6: ['Lit ', muster]
c.
1 Chronicles 21:6: ['Lit ', word]
d.
1 Chronicles 21:7: ['Lit ', it was evil in the sight of God]