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1 Chronicles 21:5-7
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 21:5-7
New King James Version
5 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword. 6 (A)But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s [a]word was abominable to Joab.
7 And [b]God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:6 command
- 1 Chronicles 21:7 Lit. it was evil in the eyes of God
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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