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1 Chronicles 21:14-16
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1 Chronicles 21:14-16
Contemporary English Version
14 So the Lord sent a horrible disease on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died. 15 Then he sent an angel to destroy the city of Jerusalem. But just as the angel was about to do that, the Lord felt sorry for all the suffering he had caused the people, and he told the angel, “Stop! They have suffered enough.” This happened at the threshing place that belonged to Araunah[a] the Jebusite.
16 David saw the Lord's angel in the air, holding a sword over Jerusalem. He and the leaders of Israel, who were all wearing sackcloth,[b] bowed with their faces to the ground,
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1 Chronicles 21:14-16
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1 Chronicles 21:14-16
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14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.(A) 15 And God sent an angel(B) to destroy Jerusalem.(C) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(D) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(E) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(F)
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
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