1 Chronicles 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Joab	יוֹאָ֛ב yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · proper noun, a man's name
gave	וַיִּתֵּ֥ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sum	מִסְפַּ֥ר mis.Par	H4557	a number · noun, common masculine singular construct
number	מִפְקַד mif.kad-	H4662	an appointment · noun, common masculine singular construct
people	הָעָ֖ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
David	דָּוִ֑יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
thousand	אֶ֣לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
thousand	אֲלָפִים֩ 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
hundred	וּמֵאָ֨ה u.me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
thousand	אֶ֤לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
men	אִישׁ֙ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drew	שֹׁ֣לֵֽף Sho.lef	H8025	to pull out · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
sword	חֶ֔רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Judah	וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה vi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
four	אַרְבַּע֩ 'ar.Ba'	H702	four · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵא֨וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
ten	וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים ve.shiv.'Im	H7657	seventy · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
men	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drew	שֹׁ֥לֵֽף Sho.lef	H8025	to pull out · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
sword	חָֽרֶב Cha.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew th…
1 Chronicles 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:1-6

Numbering the people, one would think, was no bad thing. Why should not the shepherd know the number of his flock? But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great provocation to God, because he did it in the pride of his heart; and there is no sin that has in it more of contradiction and therefore more of offence to God than pride. The sin was David's; he alone must bear the blame of it. But here we are told, I. How active the tempter was in it (Ch1 21:1): Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to do it. Is is said (Sa2 24:1) that the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David to do it. The righteous judgments of God are…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:5

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).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:5

All they of Israel were a thousand thousand - Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand - In the parallel place, Sa2 24:9 (note), the men of Israel are reckoned eight hundred thousand, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

See Chapter Introduction See Chapter Introduction 1 Chronicles 21:28 ch1 21:28 ch1 21:28 ch1 21:28At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing floor Of Ornan the Jebusite,.... The same with Araunah, Sa2 24:16, with some small variation of the letters, and are of the same signification; both signifying the "ornus", as Hillerus (m) observes, the pine tree or ash; see Isa 44:14, in whose threshingfloor David now was, and where he had been praying and sacrificing; and God had accepted his prayer, as the Targum, and had answered him, by causing fire to come down on the sacrifice and consume it, and by ordering the angel to put up his sword in its sheath: then h…

Dictionary and topics

Census — There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. (1.) In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Temptation — (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their…
Census · .By David — .By David
Joab · . — .
Sword · David’ s army equipped with — David’ s army equipped with

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Chronicles 21:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:5

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 21:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:5

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 21:1–end

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 21:5