NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon But LeviLeviy (lay-vee') attached; Levi, a son of Jacob -- Levi. and Benjamin Binyamiyn (bin-yaw-mene') son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Benjamin. counted paqad (paw-kad') to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc. he not among tavek (taw'-vek) a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in). them for the king's melek (meh'-lek) a king -- king, royal. word dabar (daw-baw') a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause was abominable ta`ab (taw-ab') to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest -- (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), utterly. to Joab Yow'ab (yo-awb') Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites -- Joab. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab. King James Bible But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. Holman Christian Standard Bible But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king's command was detestable to him. International Standard Version Levi and Benjamin were not included in the census, because what the king had commanded was unethical to Joab. NET Bible Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's edict disgusted him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Joab didn't include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king's order. King James 2000 Bible But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's command was abominable to Joab. Links 1 Chronicles 21:61 Chronicles 21:6 NIV 1 Chronicles 21:6 NLT 1 Chronicles 21:6 ESV 1 Chronicles 21:6 NASB 1 Chronicles 21:6 KJV |