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But he didn`t count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king`s word was abominable to Joab.
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Joab's Principled Resistance
The verse states the king's command was 'abominable to Joab.' Commentators explain this was not just a private feeling but a deep conviction that led to action. By not counting Levi and Benjamin, Joab deliberately left the census incomplete, hoping to frustrate what he saw as a sinful order and avert God's wrath from the people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To omit the Levites would be to follow the precedent recorded in Numbers 1:47-49. The omission of Benjamin must be ascribed to Joab's determination…
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…
