Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
      2. He was quite weary of it before he had done it; for the king's word was abominable to Joab,1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 21:6. Time was when whatever king David did pleased all the people,2 Samuel 3:36. But now there was a general disgust at these orders, which confirmed Joab in his dislike of them, so that, though the produce of this muster was really very great, yet he had no heart to perfect it, but left two tribes unnumbered (1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 21:6), two considerable ones, Levi and Benjamin, and perhaps was not very exact in numbering the rest, because he did not do it with any pleasure, which might be one occasion of the difference between the sums here and 2 Samuel 24:9.