1 Chronicles 21:5

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Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 24:9 : 9 Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.
  • 1 Chr 27:23 : 23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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  • 9 Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

  • 17 The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 2 The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • 4 So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 21:2-4
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    2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army,“Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.”

    3 Joab replied,“May the LORD make his army a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”

    4 But the king’s edict stood, despite Joab’s objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.

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    23 Support for David in Hebron The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the LORD’s decree:

    24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

    25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.

  • 8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

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    14 These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

    15 Jehochanan the commander led 280,000.

  • 37 From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

  • 8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

  • Num 1:26-27
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    26 From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    27 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

  • 18 and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.

  • Num 2:8-9
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    8 Those numbered in his division are 57,400.

    9 All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.

  • 21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

  • 6 Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

  • 15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

  • 1 The Death of Absalom David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds.

  • 2 Sam 24:2-4
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    2 The king told Joab, the general in command of his army,“Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”

    3 Joab replied to the king,“May the LORD your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

    4 But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

  • 1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

  • 18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.

  • 46 And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

  • 51 Total Number and Division of the Land These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.

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    12 The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

    13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.

  • 17 Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

  • 5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.

  • 3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.

  • 4 Those numbered in his division are 74,600.

  • 23 Those numbered in his division are 35,400.

  • 36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

  • 1 David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

  • Num 31:4-5
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    4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

    5 So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

  • 7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.

  • 15 So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.

  • 11 All these were the sons of Jediael. There were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

  • 17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.

  • 7 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

  • 13 Then David instructed his men,“Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

  • 9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.