It is understood from David's command in [1 Chronicles 21:2](../21/01.md) 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]])
"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]])