6. But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7. Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8. And David said to God: "I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely."
9. And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying: