1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 5

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.
1 Chronicles 21:5, King James Version

1 Chronicles 21:5 in other translations

BSBAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
WEBJoab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
ASVAnd Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
YLTAnd Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah is four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.
DARBYAnd Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword; and of Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
BBEAnd Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.
WebsterAnd Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

What does 1 Chronicles 21:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 (1Ch 27:1-9), which, being already enlisted in the royal service, were not reckoned (2Sa 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 (2Sa 6:1). So large a population at this early period, considering the limited extent of the country and comparing it with the earlier census (Nu 26:1-65), is a striking proof of the fulfilment of the promise (Ge 15:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 All they of Israel were a thousand thousand - Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand - In the parallel place, 2Sam 24:9 (note), the men of Israel are reckoned eight hundred thousand, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 21:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414
יוֹאָ֛בyo.'AvJoabH3097
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִסְפַּ֥רmis.Par[the] number ofH4557
מִפְקַד\־mif.kad-[the] muster ofH4662
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דָּוִ֑ידda.VidDavidH1732
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כָֽל\־khol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶ֣לֶף'E.lefone thousandH505
אֲלָפִים֩'a.la.FimthousandsH505
וּמֵאָ֨הu.me.'Ahand one hundredH3967
אֶ֤לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
אִישׁ֙'ishmanH376
שֹׁ֣לֵֽףSho.lef[who] drew outH8025
חֶ֔רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
וִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063
אַרְבַּע֩'ar.Ba'fourH702
מֵא֨וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםve.shiv.'Imand seventyH7657
אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
אִ֖ישׁ'ishmanH376
שֹׁ֥לֵֽףSho.lef[who] drew outH8025
חָֽרֶב\׃Cha.reva swordH2719

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:5

  • 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 the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

  • 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 of the heavens.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a thousand.The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel.
27:23; 2Sa 24:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:4

    Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:6

    But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

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1 Chronicles 21:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y hallóse en todo Israel que sacaban espada, once veces cien mil; y de Judá cuatrocientos y setenta mil hombres que sacaban espada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joab donna à David le chiffre du recensement du peuple; et il y avait, de tout Israël, 1 100 000 hommes tirant l’épée, et, de Juda, 470 000 hommes tirant l’épée;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joab gab die Zahl des gemusterten Volkes David an; und es waren in ganz Israel 1110000 Mann, die das Schwert zogen, und in Juda 470000 Mann, die das Schwert zogen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		deditque David numerum eorum quos circuierat: et inventus est omnis numerus Israël, mille millia et centum millia virorum educentium gladium: de Juda autem quadringenta septuaginta millia bellatorum.