1Ch 21:5 | NETfull | STEP | Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

1 Chronicles 21:5

5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. ^{▼▼ Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”} In all Israel there were 1,100,000 ^{▼▼ Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”} sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. ^{▼▼ The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”}