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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 21:30 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 21:30 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| David, knowing that by sacrifice on this altar he had caused the angel to stay his hand, was afraid to transfer his offerings elsewhere, lest the Angel should resume his task and pestilence again break out. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Afraid - When he saw the angel stand with his drawn sword over Jerusalem, he durst not go away to Gibeon, lest the angel in the mean time should destroy Jerusalem: for the prevention whereof he thought it proper to worship God in that place, which he had consecrated by his special presence and acceptance. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Because of the sword of the angel - This is given as a reason why David built an altar in the threshing-floor of Ornan: he was afraid to go to Gibeon, because of the sword of the destroying angel, or he was afraid of delaying the offerings so long as his going thither would require, lest the destroying angel should in the mean while exterminate the people; therefore he hastily built an altar in that place, and on it made the requisite offerings, and by the fire from heaven God showed that he had accepted his act and his devotion. Such interventions as these must necessarily maintain in the minds of the people a full persuasion of the truth and Divine origin of their religion.
For a more circumstantial account of these transactions, see the notes on Sa2 24:1, Ac., in which several difficulties of the text are removed. |
1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.