1 Chronicles 21:30

And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

In Context

29But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

1 Chronicles 13:12And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?

Job 13:21Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.

Job 23:15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

Jeremiah 10:7Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:19-30

Ornan's Threshing-Floor. ( b. c. 1017.) 18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord . 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed… Read the whole commentary →

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