1 Chronicles 21:26-30

21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. 1  He called out to the Lord, and the Lord 2  responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. 21:27 The Lord ordered the messenger 3  to put his sword back into its sheath.

21:28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 21:29 Now the Lord’s tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center 4  in Gibeon. 21:30 But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

1 tn Or “tokens of peace.”

2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”

4 tn Or “high place.”