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1Ch 21:5 — And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a thousand		The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel. 1Ch 27:23; 2Sa 24:9

Correlating Passages

a thousand

	1Ch 27:23	But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
	2Sa 24:9	And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Chronicles 21:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Ch/21/5.html>.

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