Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Saturday in Easter Week
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

The Darby Translation

1 Chronicles 21:4

But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came [again] to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Conscience;   Joab;   Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Yo'av. Therefore Yo'av departed, and went throughout all Yisra'el, and came to Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.
New Century Version
But the king commanded Joab, so Joab left and went through all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
New English Translation
But the king's edict stood, despite Joab's objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
But the king's word prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore, Joab departed and went throughout Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuerthelesse the Kings word preuailed against Ioab. And Ioab departed and went thorowe all Israel, and returned to Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the king's word stood strong against Joab. So, Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
But David would not change his mind. And so Joab went everywhere in Israel and Judah and counted the people. He returned to Jerusalem
Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Yo'av. So Yo'av left and went through all Isra'el, after which he came to Yerushalayim.
Easy-to-Read Version
But King David was stubborn. Joab had to do what the king said. So Joab left and went through all the country of Israel counting the people. Then he came back to Jerusalem
George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless the kings word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
But the king made Joab obey the order. Joab went out, traveled through the whole country of Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
But the word of the king prevailed over Joab. Then he went about through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
But the word of the king was heavy against Joab; and Joab went out and went up and down all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab. And Ioab wente forth, and walked thorow all Israel, and came to Ierusalem,
American Standard Version
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse the kinges word preuayled against Ioab: And Ioab departed, and walked throughout all them of Israel, and came to Hierusalem againe,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Neuerthelesse, the kings word preuailed against Ioab: wherefore Ioab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the word of the kyng hadde more the maistrie; and Joab yede out, and cumpasside al Israel, and turnede ayen in to Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
New King James Version
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab traveled throughout all Israel to count the people. Then he returned to Jerusalem
New Life Bible
But the king's word was stronger than Joab. So Joab left and went through all of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the word of the king, prevailed against Joab, - and Joab departed, and went to and fro throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king’s word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
But the king's word prevailed against Jo'ab. So Jo'ab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
THE MESSAGE
But David wouldn't take no for an answer, so Joab went off and did it—canvassed the country and then came back to Jerusalem and reported the results of the census: There were 1,100,000 fighting men; of that total, Judah accounted for 470,000. Joab, disgusted by the command—it, in fact, turned his stomach!—protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking. And God, offended by the whole thing, punished Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore, Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab said, Jehovah add to his people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O king, my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why should he become a trespass to Israel? 4 But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came [again] to Jerusalem. 5 And 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. 6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king's: Ecclesiastes 8:4

Wherefore: Exodus 1:17, Daniel 3:18, Acts 5:29

and went: 2 Samuel 24:3-8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:4 - the king's

Cross-References

Genesis 21:10
And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son—with Isaac.
Genesis 21:12
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: [in] all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Genesis 21:23
And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.
Exodus 12:48
And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and hold it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
Deuteronomy 12:32
Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
Luke 1:6
And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Luke 1:59
And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.
Luke 2:21
And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile