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the king's word was enforced against Joab
"the command of the king prevailed despite Joab's objections"
So Joab left and went throughout all Israel
It is understood from David's command in 1 Chronicles 21:2 that Joab went to count the people of Israel. It can be stated clearly. AT: "So Joab left and went throughout all Israel to count the people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
1,100,000 men
"one million, one hundred thousand men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
men who drew the sword
The soldiers in Israel are described by the action of pulling out a sword to fight with it. AT: "men who were prepared to serve as soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
470,000 soldiers
"four hundred seventy thousand soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)