1 Chronicles 21:3, 4
1 Chronicles 21:3 NIV
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
1 Chronicles 21:4 NIV
The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.





