2 Samuel 24:9 NKJV - "Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men."
1 Chronicles 21:5-6 NKJV - "Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword. But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's word was abominable to Joab."
Answer:
In these days the census is held once in 10 years and the totals are too different from one time to another time. Here, there is no astonishment in difference of count because it was counted having a long gap.
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