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What does 1 Chronicles 21:5 mean?

Joab reported the numbers to David: there were one million one hundred thousand men in Israel who could fight, and four hundred seventy thousand in Judah. 1 Chronicles 21:5 - Modern Text Bible

(Joab completes the census and gives David the numbers, emphasizing the military strength but also the scale of what David has done.)