21:5a And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops.

Joab reported to David about the number of soldiers who could fight. (EEB)
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He/Joab told David the number of soldiers ⌊who were able to go to war⌋ .

21:5b In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men

There were 1,100,000 men in Israel,
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In total there were one million one hundred thousand (1,100,000) men in Israel.

21:5c who drew the sword,

who could serve in the army.
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⌊All those men⌋ could use their swords well.

21:5d including 470,000 in Judah.

Among them were four hundred seventy thousand (470,000) warriors from Judah.
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Judah alone had 470,000 soldiers.

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