Bible verse
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 21:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 21.
26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
KJV
But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
ASV
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
ERV
But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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