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1 Chronicles 21:6

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

KJV

Nam Levi et Benjamin non numeravit : eo quod Joab invitus exsequeretur regis imperium.

Vulgate

καὶ τὸν Λευεὶ καὶ τὸν Βενιαμεὶν οὐκ ἠρίθμησεν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, ὅτι κατίσχυσεν λόγος τοῦ βασιλέως τὸν Ἰωάβ.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/לֵוִי֙ וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן לֹ֥א פָקַ֖ד בְּ/תוֹכָ֑/ם כִּֽי נִתְעַ֥ב דְּבַר הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת יוֹאָֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People LeviBenjaminLeviJoab

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 22×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 27:24 — Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
  • Luke 6:41 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
  • Num 1:47 — But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
  • Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.