1 Chronicles 21:5-7

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Chronicles 21:5 tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”
2. 1 Chronicles 21:5 tn Heb “a thousand thousands and 100,000.”
3. 1 Chronicles 21:5 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.”
4. 1 Chronicles 21:6 tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
5. 1 Chronicles 21:7 tn Heb “There was displeasure in the eyes of God concerning this thing.”