1 Chronicles 21:6
וְלֵוִי וּבִנְיָמִן לֹא פָקַד בְּתוֹכָם כִּֽי ־ נִתְעַב דְּבַר ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ יוֹאָֽב ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
7וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים עַל ־ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיַּךְ אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ פ
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27וַיָּשָׁב אַבְנֵר חֶבְרוֹן וַיַּטֵּהוּ יוֹאָב אֶל ־ תּוֹךְ הַשַּׁעַר לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ בַּשֶּׁלִי וַיַּכֵּהוּ שָׁם הַחֹמֶשׁ וַיָּמָת בְּדַם עֲשָׂה ־ אֵל אָחִֽיו ׃
2 Samuel 20:9וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לַעֲמָשָׂא הֲשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה אָחִי וַתֹּחֶז יַד ־ יְמִין יוֹאָב בִּזְקַן עֲמָשָׂא לִנְשָׁק ־ לֽוֹ ׃
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 →