1 Chronicles 21:3-6 And Joab answered , The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king , are they not all my lord's servants ? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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3 H3097 And Joab H559 answered [H8799] H3068 , The LORD H5971 make his people H3967 an hundred H6471 times H3254 so many more [H8686] H1992 as they H113 be : but, my lord H4428 the king H113 , are they not all my lord's H5650 servants H113 ? why then doth my lord H1245 require [H8762] H819 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass H3478 to Israel?

4 H4428 Nevertheless the king's H1697 word H2388 prevailed [H8804] H3097 against Joab H3097 . Wherefore Joab H3318 departed [H8799] H1980 , and went [H8691] H3478 throughout all Israel H935 , and came [H8799] H3389 to Jerusalem.

5 H3097 And Joab H5414 gave [H8799] H4557 the sum H4662 of the number H5971 of the people H1732 unto David H3478 . And all they of Israel H505 were a thousand H505 thousand H3967 and an hundred H505 thousand H376 men H8025 that drew [H8802] H2719 sword H3063 : and Judah H702 was four H3967 hundred H7657 threescore and ten H505 thousand H376 men H8025 that drew [H8802] H2719 sword.

6 H3878 But Levi H1144 and Benjamin H6485 counted [H8804] H8432 he not among H4428 them: for the king's H1697 word H8581 was abominable [H8738] H3097 to Joab.