1 Chronicles 21:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Joab didn't include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king's order.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

ASV:

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

BBE:

But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

DBY:

But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

ERV:

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

JPS:

But Levi and Benjamin he did not number among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

WBS:

But Levi and Benjamin he counted not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

WEB:

But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

YLT:

And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.

1 Chronicles 21:6 Cross References

XREF:

1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:6 Counted not - Partly for the following reason; and principally by God's gracious providence to Levi, because they were devoted to his service; and to Benjamin, because they were the least of all the tribes, having been almost extinct, Judg 21:6, and because God foresaw that they would be faithful to the house of David in the division of the tribes, and therefore he would not have them diminished. And Joab also presumed to leave these two tribes unnumbered, because he had specious pretences for it; for Levi, because they were no warriors, and the king's command reached only of those that drew sword. And for Benjamin, because they, being so small a tribe, and bordering upon Jerusalem, might easily be numbered afterward.

MHC:

21:1-30 David's numbering the people. - No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, neither of the troubles that followed it: they had no needful connexion with the subjects here noted. But David's sin, in numbering the people, is related: in the atonement made for that sin, there was notice of the place on which the temple should be built. The command to David to build an altar, was a blessed token of reconciliation. God testified his acceptance of David's offerings on this altar. Thus Christ was made sin, and a curse for us; it pleased the Lord to bruise him, that through him, God might be to us, not a consuming Fire, but a reconciled God. It is good to continue attendance on those ordinances in which we have experienced the tokens of God's presence, and have found that he is with us of a truth. Here God graciously met me, therefore I will still expect to meet him.

CONC:

Abhorrent Abominable Benjamin Command Count Counted Didn't Disgusted Include Joab Jo'ab King's Levi Midst Numbered Numbering Order Repulsive

Abhorrent Abominable Benjamin Command Count Counted Disgusted Include Joab Jo'ab King's Levi Midst Numbered Numbering Order Repulsive Word

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