1 Chronicles 21:6
But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king's command was detestable to him.
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Levi

Numbers 1:47-49
The Levites, however, were not registered with the tribe of their fathers. . . .

Joab

2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab's brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 11:15-21
In the letter he wrote: "Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die." . . .

2 Samuel 20:9, 10
"Are you well, my brother?" Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him. . . .

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.
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