1 Chronicles 21:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.”
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“But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 21:6 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 1:47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:15In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
- 2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.
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