1 Chronicles 21:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Here a picture of awe-inspiring grandeur takes the place of the bare statement of the earlier historian in 2 Samuel 24:17. And here, as…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The Pestilence.

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand b…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…