6. Joab didn’t include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king’s order.
7. God considered the census to be sinful, so he struck Israel ⌊with a plague⌋.
8. David said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this thing. Forgive me because I have acted very foolishly.”
9. The Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer.