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Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
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Explaining the Numbers
Scholars note that the numbers here (1.1M for Israel, 470k for Judah) differ from the parallel account in 2 Samuel 24:9 (800k for Israel, 500k for Judah). Two main explanations are offered: it could be a simple scribal error, or the Chronicler may have included David's standing army of about 300,000 men, which would harmonize the totals for Israel (800,000 + 300,000 = 1,100,000).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In 2 Samuel 24:9, the numbers are different. The explanation given there is not as widely accepted as the theory that the numbers have …
19th Century
Anglican
The Census.
Baptist
So he did no more of it than he absolutely had to.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…
