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David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

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A Vision of Judgment

Commentators describe the image of the angel with a drawn sword as one of "awe-inspiring grandeur" and a clear "menace of Divine wrath." This vivid picture is not just a story element; it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of sin and the reality of God's holy judgment against it. The sword stretched over Jerusalem shows that sin has real, devastating consequences.

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1 Chronicles

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On 1 Chronicles 21:16

18th Century

Theologian

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

Charles Ellicott

On 1 Chronicles 21:14–17

19th Century

Bishop

The Pestilence.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On 1 Chronicles 21:15–16

19th Century

Preacher

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…

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John Gill

John Gill

On 1 Chronicles 21:16

17th Century

Pastor

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 1 Chronicles 21:1–30

17th Century

Minister

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…