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Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and travelled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem. Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand armed men[a] and in Judah itself four hundred and seventy thousand armed men. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.

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  1. 21:5 Lit men drawing the sword