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multiply ... hundred times

This means "produce 100 more people for every one person there is now." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

the king's word was final against Joab

Joab and the other commanders of King David's army were not able to convince David to not take a census.

the king's word

This phrase represents the king's command to them. AT: "what the king had commanded" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

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