1 Chronicles 21:16 meaning and explanation
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
1 Chronicles 21:16, Berean Standard Bible
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David has just ordered a census, and God has struck Israel with plague in response. Here David and the elders see the angel of the LORD, the LORD's appointed messenger, poised between heaven and earth with a drawn sword over Jerusalem.
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