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A Holy and Practical Fear
Commentators explain that David's inability to go to the official Tabernacle at Gibeon stemmed from a profound fear. This wasn't just personal terror from seeing the angel; it was also a practical concern that leaving the site of atonement might cause the plague to resume. The awesome vision of the angel overawed him, compelling him to stay put.
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1 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 21:30
18th Century
Theologian
David, knowing that by sacrificing on this altar he had caused the angel to stay his hand, was afraid to move his offerings elsewhere, for fear tha…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 21:29–30
19th Century
Bishop
A parenthesis, relating why David did not instead go to the ancient Tabernacle, which then stood at Gibeon. (Compare to [Reference 1 Chronicles 16:…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 21:30
17th Century
Pastor
But David could not go before it to inquire of God
Which yet was the proper place to seek the Lord in: the reason fo…
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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…