16 And when the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord (A)repented of the evil, and said to the Angel, that destroyed the people, It is sufficient, [a]hold now thine hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:16 The Lord spared this place, because he had chosen it to build his Temple there.

16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented(A) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord(B) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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