1 Chronicles 21:16
21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 1
1 Chronicles 22:8
22:8 But the Lord said to me: 2 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 3 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
1 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
2 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”
3 tn Heb “for my name.”