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Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.
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A Picture of Christ's Work
Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry see this moment as a powerful foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. Just as David's sacrifice led to the angel sheathing his sword of judgment, Christ's ultimate sacrifice on the cross satisfies divine justice. For believers, God's sword of wrath is sheathed because of the 'greater David,' Jesus, and His atoning work.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
He put up ... —It seems hardly fair to call this verse a “figurative or poetical expression for the cessation of …
Baptist
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him fr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
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Presbyterian
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…
