3 But Joab replied, "May the Lord increase his people a hundred times! Sir, aren’t you the king, and aren’t they all your servants? Why do you want to do this? Why bring guilt on Israel?"
4 But the king overruled Joab, who left and traveled throughout all Israel. When he returned to Jerusalem,
5 he reported to David the total number: there were 1,100,000 men available for military service in all Israel, while Judah alone had 470,000.
6 He didn’t include Levi and Benjamin among them, because Joab disagreed with the king’s order.
7 God was offended by this census and punished Israel.
8 Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done! Now please take away the guilt of your servant because I have done something very foolish."
9 The Lord told Gad, David’s seer: