1 Chronicles 21:15 meaning and explanation

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The scene belongs to the plague that followed David's census, a sin the Chronicler attributes to Satan's incitement (21:1). David has confessed, and God offers him a choice of judgments; David throws himself on God's mercy (21:13).

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