Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, (e) because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the (f) chronicles of king David.
(e) The commandment of the king was abominable to Joab, (1 Chronicles 21:6).
(f) The Hebrews make both these books of Chronicles but one, and at this verse make the middle of the book concerning the number of verses.