World English Bible

1 Chronicles 21:30

“But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.”

Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 21

At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

For the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.