Discovery Box1 Chronicles 20:1 
Context20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, 1 Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
Context21:15 God sent an angel 2 to ravage 3 Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 4 the Lord watched 5 and relented from 6 his judgment. 7 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 8 Stop now!” 9
Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 10 the Jebusite. 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. 11
1 Chronicles 28:1
Context28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 12 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
1 tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”
2 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.
3 tn Or “destroy.”
4 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”
5 tn Or “saw.”
6 tn Or “was grieved because of.”
7 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
8 tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.
9 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
10 tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.
11 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
12 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
