Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.What do you mean, the number was not included? It was given in Chapter 21: 1.1 million. And what do you mean that Joab didn't finish? If he didn't finish, how did they give the number, that you say they didn't give?
I only have one guess on what this means: that the "number" wasn't a number. Rather, perhaps what hadn't been finished was the compilation of all the data, breaking it down by tribes and families and such. That may have been interrupted by God's condemnation and the plague before it was completed. But the census was taken, and we have the rough results.
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