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the king's word was enforced against Joab
"the command of the king prevailed despite Joab's objections"
So Joab left and went throughout all Israel
It may be helpful to add the words "to count the people" to make the meaning clear. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
1,100,000 men
"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)
470,000 soldiers
"four hundred seventy thousand soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)