1 Chronicles 21:15

God sent an angel ¹  to ravage ²  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ³  the Lord watched ⁴  and relented from ⁵  his judgment. ⁶  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ⁷  Stop now!” ⁸  Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ⁹  the Jebusite.

Ge 6:6; Ex 9:28; Ex 32:14; Jud 2:18; Jud 10:16; 2Sa 24:16; 2Sa 24:18; 1Ki 19:4; 2Ch 3:1; Ps 78:38; Ps 90:13; Jer 7:12; Jer 18:7-10; Jer 26:9,18; Jon 4:2; Mt 23:37,38; Mr 14:41

¹ 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.

² tn Or “destroy.”

³ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

⁴ tn Or “saw.”

⁵ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

⁷ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

⁸ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

⁹ 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.