1 Chronicles 21:30
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
In context
27 Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he 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 sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon, 30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
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- KJV King James Version
— 1 Chronicles 21:30 in the KJV
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.
- NIV New International Version
— 1 Chronicles 21:30 in the NIV
But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.