King James Version (KJV)
1 Chronicles 21:30
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 21
28
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30
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.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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