Joab gave up the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
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Joab gave up the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
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And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword; and Judah was four hundred three-score and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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- 2 Samuel 24:9 Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23 But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Joab partly for grief, and partly through negligence, gathered…
Joab partly for grief, and partly through negligence, gathered not the whole sum as it is here declared.
In Samuel is mention of thirty thousand more, which was either by joining to them some of the Benjamites which were mixed with Judah, or as the Hebrews write, here the chief and princes are left out.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the…
1Ch 21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
Ver. 5. {See Trapp on "2Sa 24:9"}
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. All they of Israel were a thousand…
Verse 5. All they of Israel were a thousand thousand - Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand] In the parallel place, 2Sa 24:9, the men of Israel are reckoned eight hundred thousand, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand: see the note there.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In 2Sa 24:9 the numbers are different. The explanation…
In 2Sa 24:9 the numbers are different. The explanation there given is not so generally accepted as the supposition that the numbers have, in one passage or the other (or possibly in both), suffered corruption.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The number, &c. The difference of the numbers here…
The number, &c. The difference of the numbers here and [in] 2 Kings xxiv. 9., is to be accounted for, by supposing the greater number to be that which was really found, and the lesser to be that which Joab gave in; (Challoner) or the transcribers of this place have been inaccurate. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Joab gave the sum of the number of the…
Joab gave the sum of the number of the children of Israel--It amounted to one million one hundred thousand men in Israel, capable of bearing arms, inclusive of the three hundred thousand military (Ch1 27:1-9), which, being already enlisted in the royal service, were not reckoned (Sa2 24:9), and to four hundred seventy thousand men in Judah, omitting thirty thousand which formed an army of observation stationed on the Philistine frontier (Sa2 6:1). So large a population at this early period, considering the limited extent of the country and comparing it with the earlier census (Num. 26:1-65), is a striking proof of the fulfilment of the promise (Gen 15:5).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. they of Israel] Chron. gives Israel as 1,100,000…
5. they of Israel] Chron. gives Israel as 1,100,000 and Judah as 470,000; 2 Sam. gives Israel as 800,000 and Judah as 500,000.
that drew sword] All males over twenty years of age would be so described; cp. Num_1:20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) The number.—Muster, or census (miphqãd). The first clause…
(5) The number.—Muster, or census (miphqãd). The first clause is identical with Samuel, but has “David” for “the king,” as elsewhere.
And all they of Israel.—And all Israel became (came to). The numbers are different in Samuel, which states them as 800,000 for Israel and 500,000 for Judah. The latter may fairly be regarded as a round number (500,000), our text giving the more exact total (470,000). As to the former, we may assume that the 1,100,000 of our text is an error of transcription, or, more probably, that the traditions respecting this census varied, as may easily have happened, inasmuch as the numbers were not registered in the royal archives (1Ch_27:24). Perhaps, however, our estimate includes the standing army of David, reckoned (1Ch_27:1-15) at a total of 288,000 men (in round numbers, 300,000); thus 800,000 (Sam.) + 300,000 = 1,100.000 (Chron.).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The report of the numbers as given in this…
The report of the numbers as given in this verse does not tally with that of the parallel place. Here they are three hundred thousand more for Israel, and thirty thousand fewer for Judah, than there. No really satisfactory explanation of these discrepancies has yet appeared. The somewhat ingenious suggestion that the Chronicle-compiler counted in the standing army (two hundred and eighty-eight thousand, 1Ch_27:1-15) for Israel, and omitted from Judah a supposed "thirty thousand," under the head of "the thirty" of our ch. 11.; while the writer of the Book of Samuel did exactly the converse, can scarcely pass muster, although it must be noticed that it would meet in the main the exigencies of the case. A likelier suggestion might be found in a comparison of the statements of our ver. 6 compared with 1Ch_27:22-24. Indeed, the last sentence of this last-quoted verse (1Ch_27:24) may possibly contain the explanation of all. (cutup Num_1:47-50 Num_2:33) That Joab utterly refused to number Levi, because this was a thing most distinctly prohibited (and further because it was not material to David"s presumable objects), was quite to be expected. And though Joab is said in the following verse not to have numbered Benjamin, it is possible enough that he may have known this number. (1Ch_7:6-11) Yet see what follows.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain were a thousand
were a thousand
Cf. (See Scofield "2Sa 24:9").
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