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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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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Number. These might therefore escape the pestilence. D.—For. Hebrew “because the king’s word was abominable to Joab.” We read that Benjamin was numbered unto David. Calmet. 7:5, 11. But that might be on another occasion; or the register continued in the archives, and was not brought to the king. See Calmet. 27:24. Calmet.
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