1 Chronicles 21:6
But Levi and Benjamin did he not count among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
In Context
7And this thing was displeasing in the eyes of God, and he smote Israel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of 'Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to 'Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab's right hand took hold of 'Amassa's beard to kiss him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:2-7
The Giants Subdued. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →