1 Chronicles 21:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ But the word of the king overruled Joab.

Joab went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. ⁵ He reported the total number of the people to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword, including four hundred seventy thousand from Judah who could draw the sword. ⁶ He did not include Levi and Benjamin in the census because the king’s directive was offensive to Joab.