1 Chronicles 21:6
But Levi and Binyamin counted he not among them, for the davar HaMelech was abominable to Yoav.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 HaElohim was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Yisroel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And when Avner was returned to Chevron, Yoav took him aside in the sha'ar to speak with him privately, and struck him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the dahm of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 20:9Yoav said to Amasa, Art thou in shalom, my brother? And Yoav took Amasa by the zaken (beard) with the right hand 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 →